Bamff House is the home of the Ramsays of Bamff, and is located within a estate in

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. Bamff House began as a fortified tower in the late 16th Century and was added to and altered in almost every century since then. Bamff has been the home of several

European beavers The Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber'') or European beaver is a beaver species that was once widespread in Eurasia, but was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum. At the turn of the 20th century, only about 1,200 beavers surviv ...

since 2002. The beaver became extinct in Scotland about four hundred and fifty years ago, but some animals have been present at Bamff since a demonstration project was established in 2002.Jones K, Gilvear D, Willby N, Gaywood M (2008). Willow (''Salix spp.'') and aspen (''Populus tremula'') regrowth after felling by the Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber''): implications for riparian woodland conservation in Scotland. ''Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems'' 19, 75-87. They inhabit a area of woodland and wetland. The Ramsays held the lands at Bamff from 1232, Nessus de Ramsay having been physician to Alexander II; his descendant, Alexander Ramsay was physician to both James VI and

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. It was his son, Gilbert who was made

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in 1666 in recognition of his son, James's, bravery at the Battle of Rullion Green. The current owners are Paul and Louise Ramsay.

Notable former resident owners

* Sir James Henry Ramsay *

Lady Hope Anita Jane Ramsay Lady Hope Anita Jane Ramsay (née MacGregor 1877-3 April 1962) was an aristocrat, charity fundraiser and land-owner Early life and marriage Hope Anita Jane Macgregor was born in 1877 to Euphemia Georgina Lindsay and her husband Colonel Alexan ...

References

External links

Bamff House website
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