What is recorded here
Crathes Castle Policies holds a gravel pit that scarred the Aberdeenshire earth through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The diggers took stone and soil for other men's builds, leaving a hollow that water and grass have since softened.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Gravel Pit (19th Century) - (20th 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.
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, East LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 143 yd
Milton of CrathesCross Incised Stone (early Medieval) · 191 yd
Milton of Crathes Railway BridgeBridge (period Unassigned) · 256 yd
BalbridieFlint Scatter (prehistoric) · 517 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 766 yd
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 843 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 877 yd
Ley WoodForest · 1182 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1.5 mi
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.8 mi
RhindbuckieMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.4 mi