What is recorded here

Crathes Castle Policies holds Post Medieval ice-houses, sturdy stone chambers built to catch winter and hand it back when summer hunger struck. They stand beside Banchory Ternan as practical magic, turning freezing water into living food for castle kitchens. The chambers still belong to Crathes Castle Policies, waiting for someone to remember that hospitality can be as old as stone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Garden Feature (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.

Crathes Castle, located in Aberdeenshire, was built by the Gordon family in the 16th century, with significant additions made in the early 17th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish Renaissance castle and as the historic seat of the Earls of Huntly.

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