Building record MHG4528 - Cluny Castle

See also:

NN69SW0004 Cladh Chluanaidh
NN69SW0015 Stables/Dwelling Range
NN69SW0052 East Lodge
NN69SW0053 West Lodge
JHooper, 11/2/2002
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Planning Reference No: BS/02/130. Photographic record and plan received 25/11/02. Details of renovation and conversion.
See assoc. Docs. File.
J Aitken : 21/01/03
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NN69SW 2 6457 9429.

(NN 64579429) Cluny Castle (NAT). On Site of Cluny Castle (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness, 2nd ed., (1903)

Residence of the chief of the Clan Chattan (Macpherson). The castle, built in 1800, occupies the site of an older building (date unknown) which was burnt down by the Duke of Cumberland in 1746.
Name Book 1870; E J Burrow 1928.

There are no extant remains of the castle destroyed in 1746, but Mr. MacLean recalls a subterranean room containing a well fed by a natural spring, which was pointed out at NN 6456 9431, in the courtyard of the present Cluny Castle. Measuring approximately 5.0m x 4.0m the room had a barrel-vaulted roof and a floor of stone flags, but the present owner, Captain Lindsay, had the well and room filled in and covered over some years ago (Information from Mr H Maclean, head gardener, Cluny Castle, Laggan, Inverness-shire). They are probably the remains of the older castle believed to have been built in the 14th or 15th c, with subsequent additions up to the 18th c. Ewen Macpherson, 18th chief of the clan was the last occupier, before it was burned by the Hanovarians in 1746. Captain Macpherson asserts that this never was a "castle" in the true sense of the word, but merely a highland chief's private dwelling (Captain J H Macpherson, Dunmore, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire). The east side of the courtyard is cobbled and may also be an original feature of the older castle. There is little doubt that the present Cluny Castle stands on the site of the former building.
The present structure, commenced in 1800 and completed in 1810, has two storeys with attic and basement.
Visited by OS (N K B) 29 September 1965.

Architect: W.L. Carruthers - additions

REFERENCE - Scottish Records Office

New House at Cluny being built for Col. Duncan MacPherson.
Plumber and gutterwork. Estimates on accounts. Gorgeous printed design for the new loo.
1805 GD80/711

BAS Local Plan, Sept. 1997: P19/2.5.13. Historic Buildings.
J Aitken : 24/05/01.