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Glamis Castle, Statue of King James Vi

Statue (period Unassigned)
Glamis Castle, Statue of King James Vi
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Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland, still keeps the statue of King James Vi. The stone man stands beside a home that has faced storms, wars and centuries of changing hands. People may have walked past him without knowing his name, but he remains the clearest marker of royal memory in the castle grounds.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glamis Castle, Statue of King James Vi as Statue (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.
Glamis Castle was built by the Keith family in the 14th century and later held by the Douglas and then the Graham families, becoming the ancestral seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne. It is important as a historic Scottish castle with strong royal connections, famously linked to Shakespeare's *Macbeth* and as the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0