Glamis
Sign in to saveGlamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located south of Kirriemuir and southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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- Locality
- Glamis
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Glamis
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO385467
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Angus
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Angus
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Angus and Perthshire Glens
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Angus South
- UK place.post_town
- FORFAR
- UK place.postcode_district
- DD8
- UK place.postcode_area
- DD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01307
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- Mains of Glamis, Farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 776390.jpg
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- Glamis
- P8168
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- DD8
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- Glamis
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Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located south of Kirriemuir and southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
==History== left|thumb|Glamis, with the Grampian Mountains|Grampians beyond The vicinity of Glamis has prehistoric traces – within the village, there stands an intricately carved Pictish stone known as the Glamis Manse Stone. There are various other Pictish stones nearby the village, such as the Hunter's Hill Stone, and the Eassie Stone, which stands in Eassie Old Church near the village of Eassie. The last Alpínid king of Scotland, Malcolm II, died at Glamis in 1034. Some other small fragments of Pictish stones from Glamis are preserved in the Meffan Institute in Forfar.
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