What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies, Old Wood marks a field boundary in Aberdeenshire, though no human date or named event is recorded. The policies may have swung around the castle like a green ribbon, guiding livestock or keeping strangers out of the household grounds. Old wood suggests the line has stood through generations of rain, cart traffic and forgotten reaving.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Old Wood as Field Boundary (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
Milton of Drum, BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 210 yd
Milton of DrumFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Watermill (period Unassigned) · 267 yd
Drum Castle, Walled GardenBothy (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned) · 827 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2102202.jpg?width=1280)
Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 832 yd
Drum CastlePottery Scatter (post Medieval), Pottery Scatter (medieval), Steps (17th Century), Tower House (medieval), Wall (period Unassigned), Water Channel (period Unassigned) · 865 yd
Drumhill WoodForest · 1095 yd
WoodsideCairnfield (later Prehistoric), Enclosure (post Medieval), Field Boundary(s) (later Prehistoric), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 1508 yd
Quartains MossForest · 1.2 mi
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.8 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.9 mi