What is recorded here
Yes. Crathes Castle Policies is an unassigned icehouse in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Post Medieval label spans 1561 to 1899, but no exact building date or owner appears in the supplied facts. It may have served the castle through summer heat and winter storage, turning water into a temporary guard against decay.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Icehouse (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, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 148 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 207 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Crathes Castle, DoocotDovecot (period Unassigned) · 299 yd
Ley WoodForest · 393 yd
Warren FieldPit(s) (late Mesolithic) - (early Neolithic), Pit Alignment (prehistoric) · 410 yd
Crathes Castle, Keeper's CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 426 yd
CandieshillEnclosure (period Unknown) · 1146 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1513 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1.4 mi
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi
Falls of FeughWaterfall · 2.4 mi
James Scott Skinner MemorialMemorial · 2.5 mi