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Culzean Castle Policies, Swan Pond Cottage

Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval)(possible)
Culzean Castle Policies, Swan Pond Cottage
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Culzean Castle Policies, Swan Pond Cottage preserves possible medieval rig and furrow marks, revealing how much older the land's memory is than any castle claim. The earth still carries the shape of repeated labour, suggesting people lived and adapted long before stone walls rose. The cottage name implies someone tended swans or simply watched them circle the water, turning a farm into a small myth.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Culzean Castle Policies, Swan Pond Cottage as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval)(possible). 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.

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