What is recorded here

Crathes Castle Policies holds ice-houses built between 1561 and 1899, still standing beside the castle in Aberdeenshire. Those chambers may have stored winter ice for summer kitchens, forcing servants into dark, freezing work while the household enjoyed cold drink and preserved food. The castle owns the claim, but the policies belong to memory, where heat and hunger still echo through stone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle Policies as Lade (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.

Crathes Castle, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was built by the Gordon family in the early 16th century, with significant later renovations in the 17th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish Renaissance castle and as the historic seat of the Earls of Huntly.

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