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See our Historic Picture Gallery.
Clunebeg is Gaelic for 'Green Meadow'. The earliest mention of Clunebeg in local archives indicates it was inhibited by a local family of some note back in the 1400's. Not
that we have any evidence that any of the current buildings go back that far! Local habitation of the area dates back to the Iron Age as evidenced by the hill fort just the other side of the Glen.
We have heard from local historians that following the destruction of Urquhart Castle, Clunebeg House like a number of other local buildings was constructed at least in part
from stones taken from the Castle remains. No wonder that the walls in places are nearly a meter thick - much to the chagrin of some of the workmen we have had facing the challenge of installing
satellite and network cables through these walls!
Put together; the thickness of the walls, the distinctive hexagonal tower, its prominent raised setting affording it a panoramic triple aspect view of the valley and the
arrangement of the attached buildings in a square formation surrounded by walls are all indicative of a fortified homestead construction or Bawn House.
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