Cawdor Castle & Culloden Battle Field

Leaving Invergordon, you’ll follow the banks of the beautiful Cromarty Firth and cross the Black Isle, towards the National Trust for Scotland’s 5 star Culloden Battlefield and Visitors Centre.
The battlefield is located on an eerie, windswept moorland, and is famous as the site of the last major battle fought on British soil and final defeat of the Jacobites, the course of world history changed here on 16 April 1746.
Continuing inland, you’ll reach the conservation village of Cawdor and the impressive Cawdor Castle, associated with Shakespeare’s Macbeth.The approach is by a drawbridge; inside it is romantically furnished and outside, surrounded by exceptionally pretty gardens.Dating back to 1372, it is still in the hands of the Cawdor family after six centuries.History reads that the castle was built on the site where a donkey lay down under a thorn bush – and this thorn is still there to view in the 14th century tower.
After the visit, there is time to roam through the beautiful gardens and orchards, before returning to Invergordon.