Английская Википедия:Bellie
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox castrum Шаблон:Infobox castrum Bellie is a locality in Moray, Scotland. Little survives of the old parish church at Bellie, located 2 miles north of Fochabers, although its graveyard is preserved. There is a Bellie Kirk in Fochabers, which replaced the old church in 1798.
There are up to two possible Roman camps at Bellie.Шаблон:Sfn Either of these sites, if accepted as a Roman camp, would constitute the most northerly example known, being 10 miles north-west of the known camps at Auchinhove and Muiryfold.Шаблон:Sfn
Possible Roman sites
The first site is known as Romancamp Gate, and lies 100 metres to the north-east of the old church of Bellie, with a Шаблон:Convert cliff to the north-west that lies on the east bank of the River Spey.Шаблон:Sfn The site was recorded by the antiquarian George Chalmers in 1799 as "the remains of the Roman encampment overlooking the low ground by the river ... on plan nearly a rectangular parallelogram of 888' by 333', but the W and most of the N sides have been destroyed."Шаблон:Sfn In the mid 20th century O. G. S. Crawford noted that the enclosure's size would make it considerably smaller than any other known Roman camp in Scotland and felt that the lack of identified gates counted against it being Roman, but also acknowledged that it was difficult to assign it to any other period.Шаблон:Sfn Air investigation in 1943 revealed cropmarks of ditches, including a rounded corner at the south-west,Шаблон:Sfn but the site was extensively damaged during World War II by the construction of a military camp including emergency stone shelters.Шаблон:Sfn In 1964 two pieces of silver Шаблон:Convert long and dated to AD51 were found at the rear of the site.Шаблон:Sfn Excavation along the south-west side in 1971 revealed a ditch Шаблон:Convert deep and Шаблон:Convert wide, but found no evidence to prove that it was Roman.Шаблон:Sfn
Approximately Шаблон:Convert south of the site at Romancamp gate, a second site was excavated in 1967 by Kenneth St Joseph, who traced a V-shaped ditch running for Шаблон:Convert on a north-south alignment, measuring Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert deep where best preserved.Шаблон:Sfn St Joseph identified the position and profile of the ditch as strongly suggesting it was Roman, in which case he felt it would probably form part of a camp from the Flavian period measuring up to Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert and occupying around Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Aerial photography in 1984 recorded another linear cropmark on the site with a well-rounded northern corner, that was excavated in 1986 and revealed the shallow remains of a ditch about Шаблон:Convert wide.Шаблон:Sfn Study of other aerial photographs taken on the 1970s and 1980s by the University of Cambridge suggests cropmarks provisionally showing the characteristics of a Roman camp lying to the east of Bellie old church and partially covered by an adjacent plantation.Шаблон:Sfn
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