Dunalastair is an estate which lies along the River Tummel between Tummel Bridge to the east, and Kinloch Rannoch to the west. It was home to Clan Donnachaidh, which includes names such as Robertson, Duncan and Reid, and the estate contains the burial ground of the chiefs of the Clan Donnachaidh. From various accounts, it seems that the first structure on the site was a tower house, but this was burnt down after the rebellion of 1745 as the then chieftain, Alexander Robertson of Struan, was a Jacobite supporter. A second house was built on the site, and the family lived there until the 1850s, when it seems that this house was accidentally burnt down. This was about the same time the 18th Chief was obliged to sell his Struan estate in 1854 to pay off debts. The ruins now visible at Dunalastair are those of the third house to be built on the site, and are the remains of an old Baronial style mansion built in 1862 by General Macdonald, then owner of Dunalastair. The house was requisitioned during World War II, and subsequently used as a school for Polish refugees - said to have set fire to the dining room. Finally abandoned in 1952, it quickly became a derelict and roofless shell.