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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Crathes Castle, East LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 95 yd
Milton of Crathes Railway BridgeBridge (period Unassigned) · 215 yd
Milton of CrathesCross Incised Stone (early Medieval) · 270 yd
CandieshillEnclosure (period Unknown) · 429 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 706 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 806 yd
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 882 yd
Ley WoodForest · 1251 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1.4 mi
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.3 mi
RhindbuckieMountain / peak · 2.5 mi