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Crathes Castle Policies

Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned)(possible)

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Crathes Castle Policies holds Post Medieval ice-houses, structures built between 1561 and 1899 to capture winter cold for summer use. The field boundaries around Banchory Ternan still mark the footprint of that practical magic, where heat and hunger were defeated with stone and patience.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned)(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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