In the 17th century the estate was owned by members of Clan Murray who became the Dukes of Atholl.[1] Later proprietors of Killiechassie included the Robertson family, who belonged to the house of Struan.[4] In 1727 the estate was owned by the Reverend Robert Stewart, who left money for a chapel to be built there. On his death in 1729 he was buried here, followed by his wife, Anne, a year later.[5] According to legend, Bonnie Prince Charlie was reputed to have sheltered in a sycamore tree here on his retreat to Inverness in 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745–46.[6] A small loch in the vicinity is, according to superstition, occupied by a Celtic water spirit.[7]