What is recorded here
Crathes Castle Halt is a 19th-century railway halt in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, named for the castle it served. Trains stopped there only when someone lifted a flag or rang a bell, giving ordinary people rare access to a private estate. The castle loomed above a small village, and the railway made that height feel shared instead of locked away.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Halt as Railway Halt (19th Century). 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 Halt was a 19th-century railway station serving Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was important as part of the local transport network, facilitating access to the historic castle and estate.
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Places near here
Milton of CrathesCross Incised Stone (early Medieval) · 305 yd
Crathes Castle, East LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 334 yd
BalbridieFlint Scatter (prehistoric) · 358 yd
Milton of Crathes Railway BridgeBridge (period Unassigned) · 424 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 715 yd
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 788 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1070 yd
Ley WoodForest · 1084 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1.6 mi
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.7 mi
RhindbuckieMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Falls of FeughWaterfall · 2.4 mi