Panmure Castle Explained

Panmure Castle
Partof:Angus
Location:Near Carnoustie
Map Type:Scotland Angus
Map Size:270
Type:Castle
Coordinates:56.5282°N -2.7429°W
Built:c.1224
Builder:Sir Peter Maule
Demolished:c.1336 (rebuilt)
17th century

Panmure Castle was a castle that was located to the north-west of MuirdrumAngus, Scotland.

The castle was owned by the de Valognes family, until the castle passed by marriage of Christina de Valognes to Peter Maule of Fowlis. The stone castle is thought to have been built by Peter Maule around 1224 and was destroyed by Andrew Murray of Avoch and Petty during the Second War of Scottish Independence in 1336.The castle was the ancestral home of the Maule family of Panmure from the 13th century to the 17th century, when it was replaced by Panmure House in the 17th century.

In 1485 Alexander Garden killed John Jamesone by throwing a stone at him from the castle, and he was forgiven by James IV for this crime in December 1507.[1]

The ruins of the castle and moat has been designated as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Scotland.

Notes and References

  1. Register of the Privy Seal, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1908), p. 230 no. 1581.