What is recorded here
Crathes Castle Policies holds Post Medieval ice-houses beside Banchory Ternan, where clean water froze into blocks for summer kitchens. The embankment still marks the footprint of that hidden industry, preserving cold for households that trusted the river more than fire.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Embankment (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Crathes Castle, West LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 220 yd
Welcome to Banchory StoneMonument · 460 yd
Hill of BanchoryNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 572 yd
Banchory, Banchory Christian Fellowship ChurchChurch (20th Century) · 724 yd
Ley WoodForest · 799 yd
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 1186 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1246 yd
Warren FieldPit(s) (late Mesolithic) - (early Neolithic), Pit Alignment (prehistoric) · 1475 yd
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.6 mi
Catterloch WoodForest · 1.7 mi
Falls of FeughWaterfall · 1.7 mi
James Scott Skinner MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi