Hare Moss

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Hare Moss is a bog in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in the vicinity of Banchory-Devenick.[1] Hare Moss is a significant wetland ecosystem.[2]

[edit] History

Hare Moss is situated along the ancient elevated Causey Mounth trackway, which road had to be constructed on high ground to make passable this only available medieval route from coastal points south from Stonehaven to Aberdeen. This ancient passage specifically connected the River Dee crossing (where the Bridge of Dee is situated) via Hare Moss, Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven to the south.[3] The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the battle of the Civil War in 1639.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Watt, Archibald, Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire, Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
  2. ^ CBMCC Objections to Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Road Orders
  3. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Causey Mounth, Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham, Nov 3, 2007



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