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A historic lifting stone sits in front of the castle. It is known as The
Chieftains Stone or Menzies Stone. This is open to lifters and weighs 115 kg. This is not one of the heavier stones, however, it presents a challenge even to seasoned lifters due to its extremely round shape and smooth
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Menzies, 8th Baronet, inherited the estate in 1903 but died without heirs in 1910. In 1913 the house contents were auctioned and in 1914 the papers were sold at Sotheby's for £1,160. £300 was paid for a letter of Mary Queen of Scots to the Laird of Weym dated Drymmen, in Menteith, 31 August
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Sir Robert
Menzies, 7th Baronet inherited the estate in 1844. On Sunday 21 April 1878 around 7pm a fire broke out in the roof of the castle. It was spotted by a man passing along the road who raised the alarm. Sir Robert and Lady Menzies were away at Farleyer, but word was sent and they returned
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Restoration work started in earnest in 1972 with a £40,000 project partly funded by at £10,000 grant from the
Historical Buildings Council. This work took nearly 10 years under the leadership of Dr Bill Dewar MBE and allowed the building to open to the public.
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1566 and relating to the
Macgregors of Rannoch. The "Proposals" signed by Charles I at Holmby, 12 May 1647, for resigning the command of the Militia for ten years, and agreeing to the Establishment of Presbyterianism for three years, fetched £56.
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The restoration of the ancient part of the castle involved the demolition of a greatly decayed 18th century wing. A large
Victorian ballroom (not visible in the adjacent photograph) was, however, retained.
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A further grant of £135,900 was awarded in 1991 to help with the £230,000 final phase of restoration of the
Victorian west wing and the creation of the ballroom "The Dewar Room".
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arrived, the fire was nearly extinguished. The excitement was thought to have affected the health of Lady
Menzies, and she died the following month.
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MacGregor broke into the castle to rescue a thief Donald
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above the original entrance was installed by James Menzies in 1371, to record his marriage to Barbara Stewart, daughter of
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377:"Destructive Fire at Castle Menzies, Perthshire"
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518:inflation figures are based on data from
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96:The sixteenth-century castle, built as a
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285:«Saving and restoring Castle Menzies.»
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109:John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl
601:Historic Environment Scotland.
433:"Castle Menzies is Dismantled"
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60:is the ancestral seat of the
768:Castles in Perth and Kinross
686:. Stroud: Sutton Publishing
489:"Castle Menzies Estate Sold"
461:"Castle Menzies Papers Sold"
114:In 1598 John Dow MacWilliam
603:"CASTLE MENZIES (GDL00095)"
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405:"Funeral of Lady Menzies"
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