What is recorded here

Pitcaple Castle Policies holds a sand pit where gravel and memory mixed before anyone wrote the story. The ground may have given up clean sharp material for roofs, roads or kitchens while people forgot the castle name above it. A hole in Aberdeenshire is small, but depth changes what ownership means.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pitcaple Castle Policies, Sand Pit as Sand and Gravel Workings (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.