What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies, Cowie Hill marks a field boundary in Aberdeenshire, though no human date or named event is attached to the line. The policies may have swarmed dogs, men and horses for centuries before anyone wrote the arrangement down. Cowie Hill still stands beside that hidden boundary, waiting for a walker to notice the change in grass or stone.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Cowie Hill as Field Boundary (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.
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