What is recorded here

Craigievar Castle Policies is a culvert in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is not a castle, chamber or castle policy at all. The name belongs to a small water tube hidden beneath land near Leochel-Cushnie. That is the whole shape of it: water passing under soil, not a grand house pretending to be one.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigievar Castle Policies as Culvert (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.

Craigievar Castle was built by the Forbes family in the early 18th century, with construction beginning around 1702. It is important as a fine example of Scottish baronial architecture and is closely associated with the literary and historical legacy of Sir Walter Scott, who wrote of it in his works.

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