Cawdor (Scottish Gaelic: Caladair) is a village and parish in the Highland council area, Scotland. [1] The village is 5 miles (8 kilometres) south-southwest of Nairn and 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Inverness. The village is in the Historic County of Nairnshire.

Uniquely for a Scottish Castle, Cawdor boasts three very different gardens. Each with their own history that generations of owners have, transformed, and extended. Visit Cawdor Big Wood and experience the nature of an Ancient Oakwood. Play Golf on our 9-hole course or enjoy freshly prepared, homegrown, and local produce in our Courtyard Café.

Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries. Originally a property of the Calder family, it passed to the Campbells in the 16th century.

Cawdor Castle with its iron yet gate, moat & drawbridge, turrets, turnpike stairs and vaulted 16 th century kitchen is steeped in intrigue and history. This ancient medieval tower house built for the 3 rd Thane of Cawdor has been home to over 23 generations of the Cawdor family.

Discover the romantic Highland castle, the 14th century home of the Thanes of Cawdor. Located about 5 miles south west of Nairn, Cawdor Castle was built around a 15th century tower house which originally belonged to Clan Cawdor before passing into the …

The Castle is the ancestral home of the Campbells of Cawdor and has been since the 14th Century. Cawdor Castle a five star visitor attraction near Nairn. With several shops, a cafe, golf course, three gardens and the Big Wood.

Less well known than Cawdor Castle is the small village of Cawdor, which lies just to its west, across the steep-sided valley of the Allt Dearg as it flows north to meet the River Nairn. This grew largely as an estate village serving the castle, and much of it comprises attractive stone cottages set in beautifully tended gardens.

Cawdor, village and castle in the Highland council area, historic county of Nairnshire, Scotland, south of Nairn, near Inverness. The local castle, according to a now discredited tradition perpetuated by Shakespeare, was the scene of the murder of King Duncan I by Macbeth, the thane of Cawdor, in 1040. The oldest part of the present castle ...

Cawdor Castle is the magnificent medieval stronghold, built around an ancient hawthorn tree and with a homely but impressive interior, of the Campbells of Cawdor in lovely colourful gardens and expansive grounds near Nairn in the Highlands of Scotland.

The magnificent stronghold of Cawdor Castle stands on the east bank of the steep-sided valley of the Allt Dearg about five miles south-west of the town of Nairn. It is an extremely popular visitor attraction, and with good reason.