What is recorded here
Fetteresso Castle Drive in Aberdeenshire holds a cremation pit and cinerary urn beside a castle road. The dead may have walked past living people, carrying fire and memory into ordinary days. The castle still stands nearby, but the drive belongs to departure.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fetteresso Castle Drive as Cremation (period Unassigned), Pit (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. 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
FetteressoSunken Floored Building (medieval)(possible) · 268 yd
Fetteresso CastleIcehouse (post Medieval) · 357 yd
Kirkton of FetteressoRig and Furrow (medieval), Roundhouse (prehistoric)(possible) · 716 yd
Beattie's HillPlantation Bank (period Unassigned) · 874 yd
Kirktown of Fetteresso, Fetteresso CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1057 yd
Woods of DunnottarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.3 mi
Shell House Info BoardVisitor information · 1.4 mi
Hillhead of AuquhirieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Stonehaven BeachBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
Welcome to StonehavenVisitor information · 2.0 mi
Carron WoodWood · 2.0 mi
Stonehaven Open Air PoolHeritage attraction · 2.1 mi