Culloden House, near Inverness
At the time of the battle of Culloden, Culloden House was known as Culloden Castle. Image on the left is the only known engraving of Culloden Castle. In 1745 the property was owned by Duncan Forbes who was a lawyer and President of the Court of Sessions and a Hanoverian supporter. In October 1745, a part of Frasers, led by Fraser of Foyers, made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Duncan Forbes. As he was away from home the Frasers had to content themselves with plundering the house and estate. In 1745/46 Inverness, not far from Culloden House, was the main Jacobite base for the later stages of the 1745 Rebellion. Culloden Castle, as it was known then, was an ideal place for Bonnie Prince Charlie to spend several nights there before the battle of Culloden on 14 April 1746. Duncan Forbes died in 1747 and was never fully recompensed by the government for all he tried to do to stop the jacobite Rebellion. The death of Duncan Forbes put the estate into financial difficulties. Over the following years the family managed to rebuild the estate. Arthur Forbes married Miss Sarah Stratton from Kent, an heiress. The family now had the means to build a fine new house on the site of the old one, which had lain semi derelict for some 20 years after a fire had partially destroyed it. The house was built over 12 vaulted cellars where wounded Jacobite soldiers lay waiting their fate by Cumberland. Culloden House remained in private hands up to 1975 when it was converted into a fine country house hotel, now well known all over the World.
A stay in the hotel is well worth considering. Unfortunately the room where Bonnie Prince Charlie slept no longer exists but it is believed the space, occupied by his room, has been partitioned in two and covers the present day rooms 10 and 11. The staff are polite, friendly and caring. The food is excellent and well presented. The wine list compares with any luxury hotel in London. Use the following link to visit Culloden House Hotel website and book your stay near Inverness and only a few miles from where the battle of Culloden was fought.
A stay in the hotel is well worth considering. Unfortunately the room where Bonnie Prince Charlie slept no longer exists but it is believed the space, occupied by his room, has been partitioned in two and covers the present day rooms 10 and 11. The staff are polite, friendly and caring. The food is excellent and well presented. The wine list compares with any luxury hotel in London. Use the following link to visit Culloden House Hotel website and book your stay near Inverness and only a few miles from where the battle of Culloden was fought.
Culloden House grounds.
Dining Room
Function Room
Walled Garden
Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Part of the bed curtain on bed Prince Charles used when at Culloden Castle.
Hollow tree in the grounds
