Accomodations

Built 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.

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.

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.

Ballachulish, Argyll PH49 4JX      Tel: 01 855 811 266      Fax: 01 855 811 498      Clubhouse and Golf: 01 855 811 695

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