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Ythan Wells, also known as Glenmailen, is the site of a
Ythan Wells, also known as Glenmailen, is the site of a Roman military camp
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, near the farm of Glenmellan, east of the village of Ythanwells in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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. The site is a designated scheduled monument
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Traces of two marching camps have been found at the site. The larger camp, covering some was discovered in 1785 by Col. Alex Shand. A smaller camp, extending to and partially overlapping the area of the first, was discovered by J. K. St Joseph in 1968. This smaller camp predates the larger and has been dated to the campaigns of Agricola
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* Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85)
* Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mi ...
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The site is situated at the headwaters
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of the River Ythan, where a series of natural springs supplies potable
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water, that was convenient for the large marching camp installed here by the Romans in the first few centuries AD.
The Roman legions established a chain of very large forts at Ardoch, Strageath,