What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies, Cowie Hill is a quarry in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The land may have given up stone for tools, buildings or roadwork, while people watched the slope change and carried heavy material away. Whether the quarry served a castle, a village or a passing trade, the hole in the hill still proves that human hands reshaped the landscape.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Cowie Hill as Quarry (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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