Culloden Battlefield

Culloden Battlefield

ID: QZP40_CARD_2726 DESCRIPTION: The Graves of the Clans on Culloden Battlefield. Dotted around the battlefield are small memorial stones marking the burial places of the dead of various clans who fought with Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1746. There is also a twenty foot memorial cairn which was erected by Duncan Forbes of Culloden in 1881 bearing this inscription: 'The Battle of Culloden was fought on this moor 16th April, 1746. The graves of the Gallant Highlanders who fought for Scotland and Prince Charlie are marked by the names of their clans'. The Graves, Memorial Cairn and King's Stables were presented to the National Trust for Scotland by Hector Forbes of Culloden in 1944. The Battle of Culloden was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. It saw the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart defeated by the army of the Hanoverian King George II under the leadership of the Duke of Cumberland. The battle put an end to Jacobite hopes of restoring the Stuart dynasty to the British throne. PLACENAME: Culloden Moor DISTRICT: Inverness OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Inverness and Bona SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 34630 KEYWORDS: