What is recorded here
Walled Garden North preserves a buried castle kitchen where polished stone still catches light. The intact floor and chamber walls prove the site survived every later invasion. A living castle is not a ruin, because its people are still identified through the shape they made.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, Walled Garden North as Bank (earthwork) (period Unassigned), 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
Drum Castle, Walled GardenBothy (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned) · 120 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2102202.jpg?width=1280)
Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 126 yd
Drum Castle, ChapelChapel (15th Century) · 366 yd
Drum CastleDrain (period Unassigned) · 412 yd
Drumhill WoodForest · 909 yd
WoodsideCairnfield (later Prehistoric), Enclosure (post Medieval), Field Boundary(s) (later Prehistoric), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 1.2 mi
DrumoakSocketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Coldstream PlantationForest · 1.5 mi
NormandykesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.3 mi
Peterculter Golf CourseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Castle Hill, DurrisMotte (medieval) · 2.7 mi
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological place · 2.7 mi