The Dee and Don Passes is the third volume of the author's works on the old roads in the north-east region of Scotland. Signed by Author. The second book in the trilogy, The Mounth Passes, describes the history and development of the old roads, tracks and pathways that were used as the means of communication and trade to the south and west of the old Deeside road. This third and current book covers the history of the routes that joined the old Deeside road from the north and shows how they helped to form a continuous network of links throughout the country. All of these minor routes ran in a p... View More...
The Mounth Passes is a continuation of the author's previous work, The Old Deeside Road Revisited, and both books outline the cultural and historical significance of the region's communication network. The old Deeside road's development was predominantly in an east-west direction, following the course of the River Dee, and is associated with the development of the turnpike system. In contrast, the old Mounth passes predominantly follow a north-south direction, and developed primarily as walking routes over the higher ground. Cattle droving was one of the major uses for these north-south route... View More...
Illustrated card covers, New. First edition, pp viii, 130, b&w photographs and colour maps to rear, index of place names. G.M. Fraser was best known as Head Librarian of the Aberdeen Public Library during the earlier part of the 20th century. He was also a noted local historian with a great interest in both the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire areas, and produced many pamphlets and books on the North-east of Scotland. His largest and probably most significant work was the publication of The Old Deeside Road in 1921, in which he identified and recorded what remained of one of the region's oldest thor... View More...
