What is recorded here

Crathes Castle Policies holds ice-house ruins from the Post Medieval era, built to trap winter cold for summer use. The stones sit in Aberdeenshire, waiting for people who still believe heat and hunger can be defied.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Garden Feature (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, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was built by the Gordon family in the early 16th century, with significant later renovations in the 17th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and as the ancestral seat of the Earls of Huntly.

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