Weem is a village

Village

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 on the B846 near Aberfeldy in Perthshire

Perthshire

Perthshire, officially the County of Perth , is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south...

, Scotland

Scotland

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The name Weem is derived from the Gaelic uaimh, meaning 'cave'.

Nearby is Castle Menzies

Castle Menzies

Castle Menzies in Scotland is the ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies. It is located a little to the west of the small village of Weem, near Aberfeldy in the Highlands of Perthshire, and was formerly known as Weem Castle.-History:...

, formerly known as Weem Castle, where Bonnie Prince Charlie spent two nights on his way to the Battle of Culloden

Battle of Culloden

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 in 1746. One of Scotland

Scotland

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's best-preserved 16th century castle

Castle

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s, Castle Menzies is the seat of Clan Menzies

Clan Menzies

For Menzies as a personal name, including its pronunciation and a list of famous people of that name, see Menzies.Clan Menzies ; , a member is a Mèinnearach) is a Highland Scottish clan.-Origins of the Clan:...

. Looked after by a private preservation trust, the Castle and grounds are open to visitors in summer

Summer

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(entrance charge).

The Old Parish Church of Weem, of medieval origin, contains the funerary monuments of the Menzies family going back to the 16th century, and the heraldic hatchments carried at their funerals. Key from neighbouring cottage.

There are two pubs in Weem, the Ailean Chraggan and the Weem Hotel.