What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies, Old Wood holds an earthwork bank whose age remains unknown. The soil may have marked a boundary, excluded invaders or simply shaped the land for daily life. That uncertainty keeps the place alive because the earth still preserves the choice made long before written memory faded.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Old Wood as Bank (earthwork) (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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Milton of Drum, BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 726 yd
WoodsideCairnfield (later Prehistoric), Enclosure (post Medieval), Field Boundary(s) (later Prehistoric), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 952 yd
Drumhill WoodForest · 990 yd
Drum CastlePottery Scatter (post Medieval), Pottery Scatter (medieval), Steps (17th Century), Tower House (medieval), Wall (period Unassigned), Water Channel (period Unassigned) · 1121 yd
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Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 1239 yd
Quartains MossForest · 1643 yd
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.8 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi