Castle Menzies


Parish: Weem

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NN 8370 4961

Lat / long: 56.62389, -3.897102

Alternative names: Castle Weem; Menzies Castle; Place of Weem

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Castle Menzies was the seat of the Clan Menzies, although it is now unoccupied and open to the public.

It was built mainly in the second half of the 16th century (a heraldic panel over the door is dated 1571), with extenions to the north and west made in 1840.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:57 pm, last updated Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 10:57 pm