Ruthven Barracks
📍 Highland, Scotland
About
Ruthven Barracks, near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising. Set on an old castle mound, the complex comprises two large three-storey blocks occupying two sides of the enclosure, each with two rooms per floor. The barracks and enclosing walls were built with loopholes for musket firing, and bastion towers were built at opposite corners. Destroyed by Jacobites following their retreat after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Barracks ruins are maintained as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. They are accessible at all times without entrance charge.
Built in 1719 on an ancient castle mound after the 1715 Jacobite rising, one of four government barracks to maintain order in the Highlands. Successfully defended against a Jacobite attack in 1745 by just 12 soldiers. After Culloden in 1746, defeated Jacobite forces gathered here expecting orders from Bonnie Prince Charlie — instead receiving word to scatter. They burned the barracks before dispersing.
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