Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glamis Manse Stone and Hunter’s Hill Stone.
Glamis Manse Stone
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The Glamis Manse Stone, also known as Glamis 2, is a Class II Pictish stone at the village of Glamis, Angus, Scotland. Dating from the 9th century, it is located in the garden of the Manse, close to the parish church and is visible only from 20m. Glamis Manse Stone is situated 2,600 feet south of Glamis Castle.
Hunter’s Hill Stone
Archaeological site
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The Hunter's Hill Stone, otherwise known as the Glamis 1 Stone, is a Class II Pictish standing stone at Hunter's Hill to the south east of Glamis village, Angus, Scotland. Hunter’s Hill Stone is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Glamis Castle.
St Orland’s Stone
Archaeological site
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St Orland's Stone is a Class II Pictish Cross-Slab at Cossans, near Kirriemuir and Forfar, Angus, Scotland. St Orland’s Stone is situated 1½ miles northeast of Glamis Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glamis and Charleston.
Glamis
Village
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Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 5 miles south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Charleston
Village
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Charleston is a village in Angus, Scotland, near Glamis. The village of Charleston came into being in the 1830s. In 1833, the proprietor of the lands of Rochelhill granted a long tack of land to Alexander Bruce, a hand loom weaver in Glamis, and this land was subsequently, in 1838, feued at a rate of £8 per acre.
Douglastown
Village
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Douglastown is a hamlet in Kinnettles in Angus, Scotland, three miles south-west of Forfar. It takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co. to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made. Douglastown is situated 2 miles east of Glamis Castle.
Glamis Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Categories: historic house museum, country house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Glamis Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գլամզ ամրոց”
- Asturian: “Castiellu de Glamis”
- Basque: “Glamiseko gaztelua”
- Catalan: “castell de Glamis”
- Catalan: “Castell de Glamis”
- Chinese: “格拉姆斯城堡”
- Chinese: “葛拉米城堡”
- Czech: “Glamis”
- Danish: “Glamis Castle”
- Dutch: “Glamis Castle”
- French: “château de Glamis”
- French: “Château de Glamis”
- German: “Glamis Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת גלמיס”
- Hungarian: “Glamis kastély”
- Hungarian: “Glamisi kastély”
- Inari Sami: “Glamis-lanne”
- Irish: “Caisleán Glamis”
- Italian: “castello di Glamis”
- Italian: “Castello di Glamis”
- Japanese: “グラームス城”
- Luxembourgish: “Schlass vu Glamis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Glamis Castle”
- Norwegian: “Glamis Castle”
- Persian: “گلامز (دژ)”
- Persian: “گلامز”
- Polish: “Glamis Castle”
- Polish: “Glamis”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de glamis”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Glamis”
- Portuguese: “Glamis Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Глэмис”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Glamis”
- Swedish: “Glamis Castle”
- Turkish: “Glamis Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Глеміс”
- Uzbek: “Glamis qal’asi”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Glamis”
- Welsh: “Castell Glamis”
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