What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies and Drumhill Wood hold a cistern whose age remains unknown. The water vessel still stands beside ancient trees, waiting for someone curious enough to find it. Whether it served castle kitchens or woodland travellers, the cistern proves that people once shaped this quiet place for daily life.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Drumhill Wood as Cistern (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Drum Castle, Home FarmFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 168 yd
Drum CastleDrain (period Unassigned) · 318 yd
Drumhill WoodForest · 324 yd
Drum Castle, Walled GardenBothy (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned) · 720 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2102202.jpg?width=1280)
Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 727 yd
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1423 yd
WoodsideCairnfield (later Prehistoric), Enclosure (post Medieval), Field Boundary(s) (later Prehistoric), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 1.1 mi
Coldstream PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.3 mi
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological place · 2.3 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi