I always thought a Roman road was long and straight, so was suprised to see this as a Roman road on a map I was looking at. The alleged Roman road said to run from the River Dee to the Spey near Fochabers is speculated to be overlain by a modern minor road up to Meadowhead where it meanders to the north slopes of Broom Hill From this point onwards it may perhaps have followed a NW course to Backhills where it possibly coincides with a modern road, which passes along the NE slopes of Water Mount, heading to the NW.
Crawford (1949) examined stretches of the road, finding no evidence of Roman origin, and came to the conclusion that it was simply a medieval road from Aberdeen to the NW.
Information from OS (ES) 25 October 1972.
OGS Crawford 1949.
The stretch of road between NJ 6205 3845 and NJ 6280 3800 coincides with the road to Huntly shown on McRonald's plan of Glenmailen of 1789.
So it's a medieval road then !
Limited roadside parking at field gate, cache IS NOT in the wall but at the end next to fence post