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Culloden House is now an hotel, but maintains a herd of highland cattle which are much photographed by visitors. There are also some sheep here. The house itself is just out of shot on the far right. The road is Keppoch Road. The green fence on the left surrounds the playing fields of Culloden Academy.

A view across a field, towards the rear of the hotel. Someone at work on a cherrypicker.

Carved tree-stump in grounds of Culloden House

A Georgian mansion built 1772-83, with a central block flanked by two lower wings.

Culloden House at the time of the Jacobite Uprisings was in the ownership of the Forbes family and as staunch Presbyterians, the family had suffered during earlier Jacobite uprisings, including having the house occupied and plundered by Viscount Dundee (Bonnie Dundee) in 1688. At the time of the 1745 Uprising, Duncan Forbes was the owner of Culloden House. He was Lord Chief Justice of Scotland and was persuasive enough to convince some of the powerful Highland Chiefs not to take part in the ’45 Uprising. However, following the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Duncan Forbes was appalled at the treatment meted out to the defeated Jacobites by the Hanoverian Army and had urged George II not to inflict harsh punishment on the Highlanders. George II was not for listening, and responded to Duncan Forbes’ pleas by withholding payment of funds owed Duncan by the crown, almost ruining him. The memorial cairn sited on the nearby battlefield was built in honour of the fallen by Duncan Forbes, 8th Laird of Culloden, in 1881.

According to Highland Council's Am Baile website "the present mansion was built for Arthur Forbes between 1772 and 1788. The house incorporates much of an earlier fortified house within its structure. It also shows the influence of John Adam, an eminent architect of the late 19th century, who was involved in the design and construction of nearby Fort George at the time. The stone and masonry work of the two are similar, and the handsomely moulded fireplaces and ceilings of Culloden House are in the Adam style. Culloden House remained in the hands of the Forbes family until 1897. It was privately owned until 1975 when it was converted into a country house hotel".