siege, early modern

Siege of Culloden House

Name: Siege of Culloden House
Start: 1745-10-15
Location: Culloden House Hotel, United Kingdom

Siege of Culloden House was a siege conducted on 15 October 1745 at Culloden House Hotel, in what is now United Kingdom; it lasted 1 day. The recorded result: Government victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 200.

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Old picture of Culloden House, Inverness-shire as it appeared in the 18th century. The building has since been completely remodeled.. Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden, flourished 18th century, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought15 October 1745lasted 1 day

WhereCulloden House Hotel, United Kingdom57.490N, 4.135W

OutcomeGovernment victory

BelligerentsGovernmentagainstJacobites

Casualties and lossesNoneand1 killed; 1 wounded

Battlefield todayBattle of Culloden battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL6, 654 ha

Record

Date	15 October 1745 to 16 October 1745
Place	Culloden House Hotel, United Kingdom 57.490N, 4.135W
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Unknown	200
Casualties and losses	None	1 killed; 1 wounded
Commanders	Duncan Forbes of Culloden (died 1747)	Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic Environment Scotland). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Culloden 1746, 2.9 km SE
Siege of Inverness 1650, 5.5 km W
Siege of Inverness 1689, 5.5 km W
Siege of Inverness 1429, 5.6 km W
Siege of Inverness 1649, 5.6 km W

Contested ground: this site was fought over 10 times between 1429 and 1746.

Elsewhere in 1745

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Culloden battlefield (entry BTL6), 654 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Siege of Culloden House is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q60749287, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Culloden House (1745), revision 1370740502, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic Environment Scotland (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.