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Castle Stuart, on the Moray Firth, is perhaps the grandest tower house to be built in the Highlands in the 17th century. This is not surprising as it is owned by the Earls of Moray whose ancestor James Stewart, later Regent of Scotland, was given this land by Mary Queen of Scots, his half sister. Two square towers protect the main entrance and watchtowers cover the back. An Earl's coronet in stone caps the west tower.
Scottish Castle Accommodation - Our 5 star lodgings in this romantic castle, set magnificently on the Moray Firth near Inverness, and just 20 minutes drive from Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle, is now available for reserved accommodation.
Fully restored and furnished in Jacobean elegance, our Scottish castle is ready for entertaining in traditional grand manner or modestly with your chosen guests in regal comfort (8 bedrooms). Download our 5 minute .mp4 video for a tour of the castle.
The entire castle or individual bedrooms, each with their own private facilities, may be reserved or hired for your exclusive use. You can view each room in both the east and west tower here. |
Enter its portals and step back in time. Walk its battlements with Charles I before he lost his kingdom and his head, or with Bonnie Prince Charlie the night before his tragic defeat at nearby Culloden Moor. From the battlements, looking eastward, it is easy to picture Prince Charlie's tired and dejected army filing wearily past the castle on their way to die on nearby Culloden Moor after their aborted raid on Cumberland's army at Nairn.
The ghosts of yesterday have been brought back to Castle Stuart in a series of oil paintings, now hanging in the Dining Room. William Burton, an artist from Broxburn, who lost an ancestor at Culloden, was commissioned to paint 12 large canvases depicting events of the '45 and Bonnie Charlie's tragic attempt to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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The honeymoon suite at the top of the East tower is haunted. In the 18th century, the Earl of Moray offered a reward to anyone who would spend a night in the room, just to prove that it was NOT haunted. The local poacher, known as "Big Angus" feared neither man nor beast and took up the challenge. Next day he was found face down in the courtyard below, a look of horror on his face. So, did he jump or was he pushed?
Specials:-
Christmas & New Year breaks
| Rooms: |
Four twins and four doubles.
Click Here for details of the bedrooms |
Costs: |
Bedchambers
King Double - Battlement Suite ‘Maclachlan’
Three Turret Haunted Honeymoon Suite ‘Murray’
Queen Double – ‘Mackenzie’ or ‘Macintosh’
Twin Bedded Rooms –‘Macdonnell’, ‘Stewart’, ‘Cameron’ or ‘Chisholm'
All rooms are regally furnished for 21st Century comfort and style.
Rate per Room (Double or Twin)
| For One night |
£390.00 |
| Two nights |
£700.00 |
| Three nights |
£960.00 |
The room rate is inclusive of
Evening Banquet with complimentary wine,
Full Highland Breakfast
and Goverment tax (VAT)
Dinner is served at 7.30pm in the Dining Room to our resident guests only
Piper in attendance most nights.
Exclusive use for House Parties
Entire Castle (8 bedrooms, max 16 people)
| Rate for 1 night |
£2950.00 |
| Rate for 2 nights |
£4950.00 |
| Rate for 3 nights |
£6750.00 |
Includes Afternoon Tea, Evening Banquet, Full Highland Breakfast and Government Tax (VAT). |
| Locality: |
Cawdor Castle and Culloden Battlefield are a ten minute drive. Loch Ness is twenty minutes. A day trip to Skye is quite feasible, as are outings to Speyside distilleries and Dunrobin Castle. |
| Access: |
Ten minutes from Inverness Airport, to which there are flights from Gatwick, Manchester and Luton. Inverness Railway station is fifteen minutes away. |
Castle Stuart
Petty Parish,
Inverness,
Scotland,
IV2 7JH
Tel : +44 (0)1463 790745
Fax : +44(0)1463 792604
E-mail : castlestuart1625@btinternet.com
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