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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle, Doocot as Dovecot (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.
Crathes Castle, Doocot is a 16th-century structure associated with the Gordon family, who were prominent in Aberdeenshire. The doocot is remembered as part of the historic Crathes Castle estate, a significant example of Scottish Renaissance architecture and a symbol of the region's medieval and early modern heritage.
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Places near here
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 124 yd
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 152 yd
Warren FieldPit(s) (late Mesolithic) - (early Neolithic), Pit Alignment (prehistoric) · 293 yd
Crathes Castle, Woodbine CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 379 yd
Ley WoodForest · 434 yd
Crathes Castle, Keeper's CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 713 yd
Balbridie CottageRing Ditch (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 869 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1449 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1.5 mi
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.7 mi
Falls of FeughWaterfall · 2.3 mi
RhindbuckieMountain / peak · 2.4 miOther information
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