Panmure Castle was a castle that was located to the north-west of

Muirdrum Muirdrum () is a small village in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the junction of the old A92 road from Dundee to Arbroath, the A930 to Carnoustie and B9128 to Forfar. Its closest town is Carnoustie, which lies approximat ...

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, Scotland. The castle was owned by the de Valognes family, until the castle passed by marriage of

Christina de Valognes Christina de Valognes (died 1256), was a Scottish noble. She was the daughter and heiress of William de Valognes, Baron of Panmure and Benvie, and Great Chamberlain, High Chamberlain of Scotland. She married Peter Maule, Sir Peter Maule of Fowl ...

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 The Second War of Scottish Independence broke out in 1332, when Edward Balliol led an Kingdom of England, English-backed invasion of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland. Balliol, the son of former Scottish king John Balliol, was attempting to make g ...

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 Panmure House was a 17th-century country house in the Parish of Panbride, Angus, Scotland, to the north of Carnoustie. It was the seat of the Earl of Panmure. It was rebuilt in the 19th century, and demolished in 1955. History The Panmure ...

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 James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauch ...

for this crime in December 1507.''Register of the Privy Seal'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1908), p. 230 no. 1581. The ruins of the castle and moat has been designated as a

Scheduled Monument In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage, visu ...

Historic Environment Scotland Historic Environment Scotland (HES) () is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment. HES was formed in 2015 from the merger of government agency Historic Sc ...

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