Present Use
Falconry displays are held in the castle's gardens. There also is a museum displaying the trophy heads of numerous animals shot by family members on safari; ethnographic items collected from around the world (particularly Africa); and an important collection of archaeological artifacts, collected from the enormous Sutherland estates. Notable among these are the collection of Pictish symbol stones and cross-slabs, including a majority of those discovered in Sutherland. The museum retains its Victorian-Edwardian arrangement, housed in an 18th-century summer-house adjoining the formal gardens. An exhibition includes the colours of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, the famous "thin red line" at Balaclava. Historically, the castle is a category A listed building, and the gardens are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
The castle is featured in the 1975 Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon. It is also rumoured to be haunted.
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