NO7796 : Kirkton of Durris NO7796 : Castle Hill Motte, DurrisMontrose and his troops marching north via Cryne's Corse Mounth in 1644 are thought to have crossed the Dee somewhere in the vicinity of Kirkton of Durris. 'Castles as well as churches commanded the major routes' [Robert Smith Grampian Ways] provides circumstantial evidence that
NO7796 might have been that place.