Castle Menzies Aberfeldy - Wee Guides to Scotland castles and mansions

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Castle Menzies, Aberfeldy

Goblinshead

130 Inveresk Rd
Musselburgh
EH21 7AY
SCOTLAND

Castle Menzies is a fine altered and extended 16th-century tower house, consisting of a main block and two taller square towers, projecting at opposite corners. Many turrets crown the building. An extension was added by the architect William Burn in 1840. It was a property of the Menzies family. The castle was occupied by Cromwell's force in the 1650s, and was captured by Jacobites in 1715. Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed here for two nights in 1746, but soon after the castle was seized by Hanoverian forces, led by the Duke of Cumberland, the butcher of Culloden. The Menzies family held the property until 1918, and it was purchased by the Menzies Clan Society in 1957. Many rooms. Museum about the Menzies clan, including Bonnie Prince Charlie's death mask. Disabled access to part of ground floor, tea room and gift shop.

Directions:	Off B846, 1.5 miles NW of Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
Ownership:	Pri/LA	01887 820982	Ord. Survey Map Ref:	NN 837496 52
Open:	Open April or Easter to 17 October Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.00pm, Sunday 2.00 to 5.00pm.
Key:	P S R WC £	Click Here for explanation of Key and other abreviations

Fax: +44 (0) 131 653 6566 Tel: +44 (0) 131 665 2894
email: goblinshead@sol.co.uk