What is recorded here
Crathes Castle Policies holds Post Medieval ice-houses, structures built between 1561 and 1899 to capture winter cold for summer use. The field boundary marks a forgotten system of preservation, where human ingenuity bent climate into a tool for survival.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Field Boundary (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
HarestoneFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 744 yd
CandieshillEnclosure (period Unknown) · 908 yd
Warren FieldPit(s) (late Mesolithic) - (early Neolithic), Pit Alignment (prehistoric) · 1077 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1108 yd
Crathes Castle, Keeper's CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 1141 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1174 yd
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 1193 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1374 yd
Ley WoodForest · 1504 yd
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.3 mi
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological place · 2.3 mi
Berry HillMountain / peak · 2.9 mi