Castle Menzies
Castle Menzies near Aberfeldy in Perthshire is a magnificent sixteenth-century Z-plan tower house and the clan seat of the Menzies family, one of the finest and best-preserved examples of Z-plan castle architecture in Scotland. Built around 1571 and extended in the seventeenth century, the castle's plan with main rectangular block and two diagonally placed flanking towers allowed flanking fire to cover all faces of the building. The castle has strong Jacobite associations as the place where Bonnie Prince Charlie rested for two nights in February 1746 during his retreat from Stirling. The castle is in the care of the Menzies Clan Society following significant restoration work, and the surrounding Breadalbane landscape with Loch Tay and the mountains of Glen Lyon is among the most beautiful in Perthshire.