Culloden, Highland
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Culloden (Template:IPAc-en[1] Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler; from Scottish Gaelic Script error: No such module "Lang"., "back of the small pond"; modern Gaelic Script error: No such module "Lang".) is a village Script error: No such module "convert". east of Inverness, Scotland and the surrounding area. Script error: No such module "convert". east of the village is Drumossie Moor,[2] site of the Battle of Culloden.
History
Template:Also Culloden village was originally made up of estate houses attached to Culloden House.[3] Historic buildings include Culloden House itself, which is now a hotel, the Culloden stables, now rebuilt as holiday homes, and the historic tithe barn which is now the Barn Church. Additional interesting buildings nearby include the Loch Lann Kennels, the Doocot and the ice house. In the 1960s an area near the historic village was drained for a council housing project, including Culloden Stores, Culloden Academy[4] and Duncan Forbes Primary School, named after the Forbeses of Culloden, who owned Culloden House from 1626 to 1897. More recent private housing developments have since grown up around it. Culloden House is now an hotel.
The parish of Culloden includes three other communities: Balloch Template:IPAc-en, Smithton and Westhill. Like Culloden, Balloch is a village of some antiquity. Smithton and Westhill are post-war housing developments.
Battlefield of Culloden
Today, the battlefield of Culloden is under the care of the National Trust for Scotland, and its visitors' centre is a huge tourist attraction. The National Trust for Scotland has built a visitor centre that includes an interactive battle experience with an immersion film battle room.[5] The visitor centre was officially opened to the public on 16 April 2008 and received 209,011 visitors in 2019.[6][7]
Clootie well
Apart from the battlefield, the most notable site in the surrounding area is the "clootie well", in Culloden Woods, where brightly coloured rags are hung as offerings from people wishing to be cured of ailments. This well was traditionally visited on the first Sunday in May. Until the early 1970s, this pilgrimage was well attended with 'buses laid on to cater for the crowds. The practice of visiting on a specific day has declined sharply in recent years. A similar, and better known, well is near Munlochy. This tradition may be based on Celtic ceremonies, involving votive offerings to water spirits. The Cairns of Clava, a group of Bronze Age burial mounds, are located at Balnauran of Clava, about Script error: No such module "convert". south-east of the battlefield.
References
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- ↑ Collins Dictionary
- ↑ * Computer-generated virtual panoramas Culloden Moor Index
- ↑ Ordnance Survey grid reference for Culloden House: Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".
- ↑ Culloden Academy website Template:Webarchive
- ↑ The New Culloden Visitor Centre Template:Webarchive
- ↑ The Official Opening of the Visitor Centre, stv News 16 April 2008 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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