What is recorded here

Crathes Castle Policies holds Post Medieval ice-houses beside a possible ha ha, revealing how the estate mastered summer heat and hidden sightlines. The castle emerged from those managed boundaries rather than the boundaries emerging from the castle. People may have walked past walls that never blocked view, storing ice while pretending the land had no edges at all.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Field Boundary (period Unassigned), Ha Ha (post Medieval)(possible). 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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