Clan MacPherson
Leaders of Clan Chattan's Badenoch branch, whose chief Ewen MacPherson of Cluny hid in a mountain 'cage' for nine years after Culloden rather than betray the Jacobite cause.
Ancestral seats
- Cluny Castle, Laggan
Where to walk in their footsteps
Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.
Clan Macpherson Museum, Newtonmore
Free clan museum holding the black chanter and Cluny relics; open 1 April to 31 October.
Creag Dhubh, Newtonmore
The hill that gives the clan its war cry, above Badenoch.
Also recorded as
McPhersonParsonMacVurichTravelling to MacPherson country
Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.