Bamff

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Bamff House is the home of the Ramsay of Bamff, and is located in within a 1300 acre estate in Perthshire, Scotland. 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 recently become the home of a pair of European beavers called Sophie and Adam. The beaver became extinct in Scotland about four hundred and fifty years ago, but an official trial restoration is in process at Bamff. They inhabit a 32 acre area of woodland and wetland. There are also wild boar, which inhabit a 70 acre area of woodland, as part of a process of reintroduction. 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 Charles I. It was his son, Gilbert who was made baronet in 1666 in recognition of his bravery at the Battle of Pentlands. The current owners are Paul and Louise Ramsay.