Archaeology Notes

Event ID 663259

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH74NW 19.00 NH 72107 46479 Culloden House

NH74NW 19.01 NH 7192 4613 Church

NH74NW 19.02 NH 72078 46262 Stables

NH74NW 19.03 NH 72048 46184 Dovecot

NH74NW 19.04 NH 71968 46665 Walled Garden

NH74NW 19.05 NH 7202 4661 Garden Mansion House

NH74NW 19.06 NH 72457 46496 Ice House

NH74NW 19.07 NH 72038 46531 Gardener's Bothy

NH74NW 19.08 NH 72004 46343 Gatepiers

For Culloden House Kennels, Loch Lann Cottage see NH74NW 54.

(NH 7211 4648) 'Culloden House is built somewhat in the Castle way, and was the estate of the late President Forbes and now of his son.'

R Pococke 1887.

'The estate of Culloden was anciently provided with its own keep or tower.'

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.

The Laird of MacIntosh built a part of the House of Culloden in the 16th century. His successor sold it in 1626 to Duncan Forbes, Provest of Inverness.

L Shaw 1882.

Culloden House, a plain structure, consists of a three-storeyed centre block with two storeyed wings. According to the caretaker, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed there before the Battle of Culloden, after which the building was burnt down. Its date is c. 1790.

Visited by OS (E G C) 25 April 1962.