What is recorded here

Crathes Castle Policies holds Post Medieval ice-houses, stone chambers built to capture winter and hand it back when summer hunger struck. They stand beside the castle like forgotten cupboards, preserving life through patience rather than force. Maybe servants carried heavy blocks through snow or watched the water settle into clarity before locking the door. The policies still keep that old bargain, waiting for someone hungry enough to remember how much cold can give.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies 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.

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