page_title: Clan Fleming
section_title: Clan castles
hierarchical_section_title: Clan Fleming / Clan castles
caption_attribution_description: English: The remains of Boghall Castle at Biggar This was once the seat of the Fleming family but only the remains of three towers dating from the 15th century are standing in this field near Boghall Farm. Due to a grid line running through the site, the near tower and the tower on the right are in NT 0436 while the tower to the left is in NT 0437.
context_page_description: Clan Fleming is a Scottish clan and is officially recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, as the clan does not currently have a chief that is recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms it is therefore considered an armigerous clan.
context_section_description: Castles that have been owned by the Clan Fleming include amongst many others:
  Biggar Castle, which was on the High Street of Biggar, South Lanarkshire was once a strong castle that dates from the thirteenth century. Nothing now survives of the castle which was long held by the Flemings who were descended from Baldwin of Biggar. They moved to Boghall Castle in the fourteenth century.
  Boghall Castle, on the south side of Biggar, Lanarkshire, mostly dates from the sixteenth century although there was an older stronghold on the site. Two D shaped towers survive but the rest is ruinous. Edward II of England stayed at Boghall in 1310.
  Cumbernauld Castle in Cumbernauld, central Scotland, was a strong castle, most of which is now gone apart from the vaulted chambers and some other fragments that are built into Cumbernauld House. The castle was originally held by the Clan Comyn but passed to the Flemings in 1306. Mary, Queen of Scots visited the castle and the National Covenant was signed there in 1646. The castle was burned in 1746 by government dragoons during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
caption: The ruins of Boghall Castle
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