Durno or Logie Durno, located north west of Inverurie in

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...

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, is the site of a Roman marching camp, first discovered by aerial photography in July 1975 and excavated in 1976 and 1977. With a total area between and , it is the largest Roman camp that has been found north of the

Antonine Wall The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as ''Vallum Antonini'', was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twe ...

. The exceptional size of the camp at Durno has led to it being suggested as the place where Agricola assembled his forces before the Battle of Mons Graupius in AD 84, though the evidence for this has been criticised as largely circumstantial. The camp was enclosed by a ditch wide and deep. The south west side of the camp was long, and the north west side long.

Notable People

* Dr William Mackie

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(1856–1932) physician and noted amateur geologist, born here.

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