What is recorded here
Drum Castle Policies is a modern mound in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a small earthwork, not an ancient chamber, yet it still marks the land where Drum Castle stood. The policies around it may have been walked, worked or watched before the castle fell into memory. The mound remains as a visible reminder that the place was shaped by human hands and continues to hold local identity.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle Policies, as Mound (modern). 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
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Drum Castle Rose GardenHeritage attraction · 110 yd
Drum Castle, ChapelChapel (15th Century) · 379 yd
Drum CastleDrain (period Unassigned) · 422 yd
Drumhill WoodForest · 927 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