What is recorded here

Castle Menzies is a sixteenth-century Z-plan tower house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, built after fire destroyed the earlier Place at Weem in 1502. Its angular shape and thick inner walls suggest it began as a defensive stronghold before becoming a grand country residence. Jacobite armies occupied it during the rebellions of 1715 and 1745, and Prince Charles Edward Stuart reportedly rested there on his way to Culloden. The castle survived war, fashion, and the death of its last direct heir, carrying layers of Menzies life from medieval Perthshire to the Victorian age.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Menzies as Country House (period Unassigned), Tower House (16th 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.

Built by the Menzies family in the 16th century, Castle Menzies is important as a historic seat of the Clan Menzies, a prominent Scottish clan with a long-standing presence in Perth and Kinross.

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