Glamis Castle
Ancient seat of the Lyon family with a legendary monster.
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Located in the broad valley of Strathmore in Angus, Scotland, Glamis Castle holds category A listed building status.[1][2] The estate's total area exceeds 57 km², and it features parks, gardens, and cash crops such as lumber and beef.[2]
Quick Facts
- Location
- Near Glamis, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Materials
- Stone
- Condition
- Preserved
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
A Pictish stone known as the Eassie Stone was found in a creek-bed at the nearby village of Eassie.[3] Major works on the castle began under him, with an inscription on the central tower.[1] Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, born in 1900, spent much of her childhood at Glamis.[4] Robert II granted a castle at Glamis to Sir John Lyon in 1372.[5]
During the early 15th century, the structure was reconstructed as an L-plan tower house.[5] On 17 July 1537, she was executed by burning at Edinburgh for witchcraft.[6] During the 1770s, the castle's grounds underwent enhancements in the picturesque style.[7] An image of the castle has been printed on the back of Royal Bank of Scotland ten pound notes since 1987.[8]
What the cited sources add
Researchers consult the Glamis Castle Archive material in the University of Dundee search room.[9] Dash reports that the first accounts of a secret prisoner at Glamis date to the 1840s.[10] Susan Cochrane's Women's History Network piece notes that after her husband's death in 1728, the dowager countess moved to Castle Lyon.[11] According to the Royal Horticultural Society, the gardens at Glamis Castle are the place where the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother spent her childhood.[12]
A 2011 blog post from the University of Dundee notes that the castle's archives contain a papal bull from 1575 and the memoirs of Mary Eleanor Bowes.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Royal Horticultural Society, Glamis Castle and Gardens, accessed on 2 August 2026 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hogan, C. Michael, "Eassie Stone", The Megalithic Portal, 7 October 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Shawcross, "Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Official Biography", Macmillan, 2009, p. 79–80 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Glamis Castle, Site Number NO34NE 1.00", CANMORE (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; George Duncan Gibb, The Life and Times of Robert Gib, 1 (London, 1874), p. 100. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glamis Castle" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Current Banknotes : Royal Bank of Scotland", The Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Treasures of Glamis Castle", Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee, 15 April 2011. facts only, no text reused. archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com
- Dash, Mike, "The Monster of Glamis", Smithsonian, 10 February 2012. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com
- Cochrane, "Susan Cochrane, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne", Women's History Network, 11 December 2011. facts only, no text reused. womenshistorynetwork.org
- Royal Horticultural Society, Glamis Castle and Gardens, accessed on 2 August 2026. facts only, no text reused. rhs.org.uk
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Glamis Castle (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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