What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies, Old Wood marks a quarry beside Aberdeenshire, where stone may have been taken for castle walls or local roads. The land keeps that loss in its shape, even when the exact date has faded from human memory.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Old Wood 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
Milton of Drum, BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 598 yd
Drum Castle, ChapelChapel (15th Century) · 644 yd
Drumhill WoodForest · 712 yd
Drum Castle, Walled GardenBothy (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned) · 758 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2102202.jpg?width=1280)
Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 765 yd
WoodsideCairnfield (later Prehistoric), Enclosure (post Medieval), Field Boundary(s) (later Prehistoric), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 1407 yd
Quartains MossForest · 1.2 mi
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.7 mi
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological place · 2.7 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.8 mi