Hill or Megray Hill. Arriving from the south, Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp through the Durris Forest as they sought higher ground, evading the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, one of the ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains, lying west of Netherley. Transportation The Aberdeen to Inverness railway line lies to the west of Kintore. Since October 2020 the town is once again served by Kintore railway station. Kintore is bypassed to the west by the A96 road. NECR NECR (North East Community Radio) was a local radio station based on School Road in Kintore. It began broadcasting in 1994, after gaining an Independent Local Radio Licence in 1993. It closed at midnight on 15 August 2018, after 24 years on air, due to difficult trading and growing pressure from the internet. Notable people Robert Marnock, 1800-1889, horticulturalist and garden designer, creator of Sheffield Botanical Gardens. James Park, 1857-1946, studied science in London, worked as sheep farmer in New Zealand, became professor of geology in Dunedin then Auckland. Father of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, "Defender of London" Battle of Britain 1940. Andy Beattie, played for Inverurie Locos FC and Preston North End. Caroline Phillips, Scottish suffragette and journalist. See also Normandykes Aberdeen Savings Bank References External links Kintore Golf Club Kintore in the Gazetteer for Scotland Community website Parish Church Towns in Aberdeenshire Royal burghs