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Close to the Great Glen, and within a stone's throw of Lochs Linnie and Leven. Situated amidst the splendor of the Scottish Highlands, this restored country house offers comfortable en suite rooms with fine Scottish cuisine in a relaxing atmosphere. Ballachulish House is an historic site implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe (1746) 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 Stuarts of Appin. The bothy on the grounds bears the marriage stone of the Stuart occupants dated 1743. A Bronze age burial chamber is also located on the grounds indicating the presence of much earlier settlements. There are eight bedrooms all en suite (rates include dinner and breakfast) 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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