Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
By:  Brian C. Mack
Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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GLAMIS
CASTLE

GLAMIS
CASTLE

Glamis Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1100s
Associated Clans / Families:
Lyon

 

The area surrounding Glamis Castle was a hunting ground for the royalty of Scotland.  Glamis began as a keep in the 14^th century and was altered in 1500.William Shakespeare visited in 1599, and thereafter the castle’s name was forever linked with Macbeth.  Glamis underwent further expansion from the 17^th to the 19^th century.  The painting depicts its appearance in 2006.

Pictured:

Glamis Castle   9" x 12" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

 Hidden Away

A Legend of Glamis Castle

. . .  Several weeks passed before a new legend was being told at the village pub.  The Mad Earl was no longer seen pacing, in chains late in the night.  Instead, there had been sighting of a bear in the forest surrounding St. Fregus's church.  When I was asked about these "visions,' my response was, "Mankind has always been haunted by on demon or another; but, like people, visions are not always as they appear." . . .

Told from the perspective

of Jacob Mercer

Glamis Castle is included in the Lowlands Map.

Map:

 Castles & Clans:
Scottish Lowlands

                                            
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