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MHG2997 - King's Stables Cottage, Culloden Moor

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Descheduled 23 January 2002
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NH74SW 1 7333 4484

For Culloden Moor, Battlefield (centred NH 742 450), see NH74NW 17.00.

(NH 7333 4484) King's Stables (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)

These houses are spoken of as the 'Kings Stable'.
Name Book 1871.

On the north side of the road at the lay-by at NH 7335 4480 is a granite stone inscribed 'Kings Stables. Station of English Cavalry after the Battle of Culloden' At NH 7333 4484 is a small turf-roof building believed to have been used as a billet by the English Cavalry. This building is to be restored by the National Trust next year. It is possible that the name Stable Hollow refers to where the horses were actually held.
Visited by OS (W D J) 24 April 1962; Information from Mr N MacDonald, Warden, National Trust for Scotland, Culloden.

An architectural survey was undertaken in December 1998. See linked report. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7333 4483 (21m by 33m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH74SW
Civil Parish	INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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