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Glamis Castle, Walled Garden

Garden (period Unassigned)
Glamis Castle, Walled Garden
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Glamis Castle, Walled Garden stands in Angus, Scotland, a cultivated edge to the old estate where stone and soil still meet. The exact period remains unassigned, yet the garden itself suggests centuries of patient shaping, seasonal labour and private enjoyment. It is not automatically open to the public, but that restriction does not diminish its presence. A walled garden beside a castle is never ordinary; it is a boundary drawn around life, beauty and memory.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glamis Castle, Walled Garden as Garden (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, including its walled garden, was built by the Lyon family, who have held the estate since the 14th century. The castle is historically important as the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and is associated with Scottish royal history and Shakespeare's *Macbeth*.

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Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0