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,C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham (2007) lying west of Netherley.
