Glamis Castle is a castle near the village of Glamis, it is best known now for a number of myths that surround the premises.

Glamis Castle is known by two distinct images. The first as the historic home of the Strathmore family, the home of the Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the birth place of Princess Margret. It is the castle featured on the Royal bank of Scotland ten pound note. It is also said that the plaster work in Glamis Castle is some of the best preserved and most intricate in Scotland.

Yet having said that, Glamis castle is also infamous amongst those with interests in ghosts, as the castle is rife with legends and from its past. This aspect of its history is not often played upon. Glamis Castle is currently used for weddings, as a tourist attraction and history based school field trips.

Glamis Castle is located 20 kilometers from the North Sea. It stands on a 14,000 acre plot. Within close proximity of Glamis Castle lie a number of other important historic sites including Dunnotar Castle, Scone Place and Eassie Stone, a prime example of Pictish stone carving.

The majority of the myths surrounding Glamis castle revolve around the “Glamis monster”. It is said that on the 21st of October 1821, a deformed child was born to the family of the castle. The child was then locked in a secret room in the castle for the length of his life. There are various reports of the exact nature of this “monster”. There are a number of paintings of Glamis castle which feature a disproportioned knight, who is said to be the “monster”. Other stories described him as “barrel chested, hairy, with toy like arms”. Or even as a “disgusting flabby egg”.

Other stories surrounding Glamis Castle include the “Grey Lady”, a ghostly apparition who is said to inhabit one chair in the church of the castle.
Another report which is related to the Glamis monster highlights that the building is still filled with secret rooms. Guests or workmen in the house are said to have hung rags from the every accessible window in the castle, viewed from the outside a number of the windows had no rags, indicating that they were secret rooms.