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55: 71: 495:", in Culloden Woods, where brightly coloured rags are hung as offerings from people wishing to be cured of ailments. This well was traditionally visited on the first Sunday in May. Until the early 1970s, this pilgrimage was well attended with 'buses laid on to cater for the crowds. The practice of visiting on a specific day has declined sharply in recent years. A similar, and better known, well is near 78: 483:, and its visitors' centre is a huge tourist attraction. The National Trust for Scotland has built a visitor centre that includes an interactive battle experience with an immersion film battle room. The visitor centre was officially opened to the public on 16 April 2008 and received 209,011 visitors in 2019. 195: 619: 406:
Culloden village was originally made up of estate houses attached to Culloden House. Historic buildings include Culloden House itself, which is now a hotel, the Culloden stables, now rebuilt as holiday homes, and the historic
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Primary School, named after the Forbeses of Culloden, who owned Culloden House from 1626 to 1897. More recent private housing developments have since grown up around it. Culloden House is now a luxury country house hotel.
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and the surrounding area. 3 mi (5 km) east of the village is Drumossie Moor, site of the
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and the ice house. In the 1960s an area near the historic village was drained for a
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Apart from the battlefield, the most notable site in the surrounding area is the "
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The Official Opening of the Visitor Centre, stv News 16 April 2008
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The parish of Culloden includes three other communities:
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Culloden, Scotland
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Culloden is located in Inverness area
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Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
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57°29′20″N 4°08′06″W / 57.489°N 4.135°W / 57.489; -4.135
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