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Accomodations
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in 1640, Ballachulish House is a country estate of historical
significance set within view of the Pap of Glencoe, close to Ben
Nevis and the Great Glen, and within a stone's throw of Lochs
Linnhe and Leven. Situated amidst the splendor of the Scottish
Highlands, this restored country house offers comfortable en suite
rooms with award winning Scottish cuisine in a relaxing atmosphere.
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Ballachulish
House is an historic site implicated in the events surrounding
the Massacre of Glencoe (1692) after which it was destroyed in
the wake of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The house is noted
as the site formally occupied by Captain Campbell who was ordered
to carry out the massacre by putting to death every member of
the MacDonald clan under seventy years of age. |
| Ballachulish
is also famous for the Appin murder, immortalized by Robert Louis
Stevenson's "Kidnapped", depicting the murder of the King's Factor
in 1752 one mile from the current house. The Black Gun of Misfortune
used for the "Appin" murder was found in the yew tree behind Ballachulish
House and is now in the West Highland Museum in Fort William.
Ballachulish House was once home to the Stewarts of Appin. The
bothy on the grounds bears the marriage stone of the Stewart occupants
dated 1743. A Bronze age burial chamber is also located in an
adjacent field indicating evidence of a much earlier settlement.
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There
are eight en suite bedrooms all recently redecorated with comfortable
Georgian furnishings. There is also a drawing room, library, dining
room, and great room used for functions. The walled garden is
available for summer weddings and teas. |
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