What is recorded here

James Graeme built Monzie Castle in 1634 after Margaret Scott gave him the land, carving a moustached man holding corn and a bible above the door to declare that scripture guided his life. He died at Philiphaugh in 1645, leaving the house to descend through Campbell and Maitland hands until fire consumed the later wing in 1908. Sir Robert Lorimer rebuilt the interior, while the old L-plan walls kept their garderobes, heraldic shields and scale-and-platt staircase. In 1939, thirty-five hundred scouts from forty-two nations crowded the grounds for a world meeting, turning a private castle into a temporary global camp.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Monzie Castle as Garden Terrace(s) (17th 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.

Monzie Castle was built in the 17th century, likely by the Monzie family, a historic Scottish landholding family. It is remembered as a historic estate that reflects the architectural and social landscape of early modern Scotland.

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