Bonnie Prince Charlie Slept Here

Prince Charles Edward Stewart spent less than two years on British soil, but in that short time he moved around a great deal and slept in many different places. Forty places in Scotland where he is known, or believed to have slept are listed below.

Baihadie House, Dunblane, Perthshire
Benbecula, Western Isles
Berneray, Outer Hebrides
Borrodale (The house of Angus Macdonald)
Braco, Perthshire (The Old House of Orchil)
Callander House, Falkirk
Castle Menzies, Perthshire
Castle Stuart, near Inverness
Cluny’s Cage, Ben Alder (cave)
Culloden House (fortified house on the site of
the present house), Inverness-shire
Dalnacardoch Lodge, Inverness-shire
Dalnaspidal Lodge, Glen Garry
Deans Mansion House, now known as Boghall House, Bathgate, West Lothian
Dimmindarich, near Mallaig (cave)
Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway
Drummond Arms Hotel, Crieff
Duddingston Village (Bonnie Prince Charlie’s cottage), Edinburgh
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye
Eriskay, Outer Hebrides
Fassfern House, Loch Eil
Glamis Castle, Tayside
Glen Affric, Beauly (Comar Lodge)
Gretna Green (Prince Charlie’s Cottage) Holyrood House, Edinburgh
Invergarry Castle, Glen Garry
Kelso (Chatto Lodging House, on the site now occupied by the Ednam House Hotel)
Kilravock Castle, near Inverness
King’s Arms Hotel, Lockerbie
Kingsburgh House, Skye
Kinlochmoidart House, Kinlochmoidart
Linlithgow Palace
Mallaig (the house of Macdonald of Morar)
Moy Hall near Inverness
Pinkie House, Musselburgh
Portree, Isle of Skye (Bonnie Prince Charlie’s
cave, near Portree)
The Salutation hotel, Perth
Scalpay (Donald Campbell’s House)
Thunderton House, near Elgin
Torvaig, Isle of Skye
Traquair House, near Peebles

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