What is recorded here

Craigievar Castle Policies, Castle Wood, sits in Aberdeenshire beside a possible grave and an unassigned structure. The land may have swallowed a body or hidden a building whose purpose time has blurred. People walked these woods before boundaries were drawn, perhaps marking death or building shelter under the trees.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigievar Castle Policies, Castle Wood as Grave (period Unassigned)(possible), Structure (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Craigievar Castle, located near Alford in Aberdeenshire, was built in the early 18th century by the Forbes family, specifically for William Forbes, later the 5th Earl of Granard. The castle is important as a fine example of Scottish baronial architecture and is remembered for its distinctive pink-harled exterior and prominent role in the local history of the Forbes clan.

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