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Crathes Castle Policies

Artificial Island (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Crathes Castle Policies holds ice-houses built between 1561 and 1899, marking a time when local people stored summer heat against winter hunger. The policies may have served Crathes Castle or nearby farms, turning raw land into a working kitchen for the household.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Artificial Island (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.

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