What is recorded here

No castle exists at Pitcaple Castle Policies, only a misleading name and medieval rig and furrow still visible in Aberdeenshire. The fields belonged to people who worked the land long before the castle claim appeared, and the castle may have been invention or loss. The policies preserve the shape of that older labor, not the grandeur the name suggests.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pitcaple Castle Policies as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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.

Pitcaple Castle Policies are associated with the medieval and post-medieval period, reflecting the agricultural and estate management practices of the local landed gentry. The site is remembered for its historical landscape features, particularly the visible remains of rig and furrow cultivation, which provide insight into past rural economies in Scotland.

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