Scottish Clan Profile

Clan Menzies

Méinnearach — “Norman-French, from Mesnières in Normandy”
“Vil God I Zal” · Will God, I shall
Indicative sett, woven in CSS, not a licensed tartan image
GaelicMéinnearach
Historic titleMenzies of that Ilk
HeartlandWeem, Rannoch & Appin of Dull, Perthshire
Plant badgeMenzies' heath

A Perthshire clan of Norman origin seated at Weem near Aberfeldy. Prince Charles Edward Stuart rested at Castle Menzies on his march south in 1746, and the restored castle is now the clan's centre.

Ancestral seats

  • Castle Menzies, Weem, Aberfeldy

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Castle Menzies, Aberfeldy

Restored 16th-century Z-plan castle run by the Menzies Clan Society.

Weem & Appin of Dull

The clan's Tay-side country, with the old kirk of Weem.

Also recorded as

MenguesMeynersMinnus

Travelling to Menzies country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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