What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies, Cowie Hill holds a clearance cairn, an unassigned marker of lives displaced or deaths buried in haste. The stones sit beside castle policies where power once shaped the land and people may have vanished without record. What is certain is the cairn's existence and the castle's shadow. What is missing is the name of everyone it swallowed.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Cowie Hill as Clearance Cairn (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
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Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 670 yd
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1629 yd
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Coldstream PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.4 mi
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological place · 2.4 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi