Kings House Hotel

The Kings House Hotel is a remote inn at the eastern end of Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands.

The inn, which is in an isolated position about 2 km east of Glen Etive, stands on the edge of Rannoch Moor.

The inn is called the King's House because it was used as a barracks by the troops of the Duke of Cumberland during the subjugation of the Highlands by the British Army following the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

The military route, built by the British army in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite rising, then headed towards Glen Coe before ascending the Devil's Staircase to Kinlochleven.

With length of time the fire was kindled and after another hour of waiting, supper came, a shoulder of mutton so hard that it was impossible to chew the little flesh that might have been scraped off the bones.

However, 100 years later standards had improved dramatically, as Dundee MP Alexander Wilkie recorded a pleasant stay:Arriving at Kings House Inn I have a hearty welcome.

In winter, the hotel also caters to skiers from the "White Corries" ski resort just across the road on the mountain of Meall a' Bhuiridh.