Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Castle Menzies, Highlands of Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Castle Menzies was originally known as the Palace of Weem. It is an extended Z-plan tower house. The original Palace of Weem was built after 1487 but was sacked fifteen years later by Neil Stewart of Garth. The castle was occupied by Oliver Cromwell's forces in the 1650s. The chiefs of Clan Menzies did not support the Jacobite rising of 1745 and the Jacobite leader, Charles Edward Stewart stayed for two nights in the castle. However four days later it was occupied by British Hanoverian forces led by the Duke of Cumberland. During World War II the castle was used as a Polish Army medical supplies depot. It later became derelict but was acquired by the Clan Menzies Society in 1957 who have set about having it restored. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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