What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies and Drum Hill Wood hide an unassigned mound and structure beside Aberdeenshire. The land may have served as a fortress, a boundary marker or a forgotten burial ground. No date, owner or purpose survives in the official record. The earth still keeps its shape while human memory has slipped away.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Drum Hill Wood as Mound (period Unassigned), Structure (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
Drumhill WoodForest · 256 yd
Drum Castle, Home FarmFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 347 yd
Drum CastleDrain (period Unassigned) · 500 yd
Drum Castle, Walled GardenBothy (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned) · 904 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2102202.jpg?width=1280)
Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 910 yd
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1285 yd
Coldstream PlantationForest · 1760 yd
Keith's MuirArrowhead (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.2 mi
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological place · 2.2 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi