12/06/2026
Extremely close to the Culloden Battlefield is Cawdor Castle which is still home to the Cawdor family to this day and has evolved over 600 years. Later additions, mainly from the 17th century, were all built in a Scottish style with slated roofs over walls and crow-stepped gables of local stone. This style gives Cawdor a strong sense of unity, and the massive, severe exterior belies an intimate interior that gives the place a surprisingly personal, friendly atmosphere. It is famed for being the 11th century home of Shakespeare’s tragic character, Macbeth. Although the 5th Earl Cawdor is quoted as saying: "I wish the Bard had never written his damned play!" There are portraits by Joshua Reynolds and furniture by Chippendale and Sheraton amongst many other treasures in this romantic castle.
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