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Borrowfield 
Summary
Borrowfield is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in proximity to Netherley.[1]
History edit
Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp through the passing near Borrowfield as they sought higher ground to avoid the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, an ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,[2] lying west of Netherley.
People of Borrowfield edit
Patrick Tailzour was born here in the eighteenth century. The family included rich Jamaicans and Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham (2007)
- ^ Taylor family of Jamaica (1770–1835) Archived 2003-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, Casbah.ac.uk, retrieved 23 October 2014
57°01′49″N 2°16′53″W / 57.0302°N 2.2815°W