What is recorded here

Glamis Castle, Main Gate and South Lodge stand in Angus, Scotland, where eighteenth-century gate piers and a lodge still frame the entrance to one of the country's oldest residential estates. The main gate itself remains undated, suggesting hands set stones long before the polished pier work appeared. Together they mark a threshold where local life, memory and ceremony have crossed for generations.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glamis Castle, Main Gate and South Lodge as Gate(s) (period Unknown), Gate Pier(s) (18th Century), Lodge (18th Century). 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.

Glamis Castle, Main Gate and South Lodge are associated with the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, a prominent Scottish noble family, with the castle itself first mentioned in the 14th century. The site is historically important as the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and for its long-standing role in Scottish aristocratic and military history.

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