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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cairn
District
Inverness
Town
Culloden
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1881
    Attended by:
  • Opened
    Date: 18 April 2008
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5891

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Current location

Culloden Moor
B9006
Culloden
Inverness
Highland
IV2 5EU
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 74592 44908
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Large rough hewn cemeted cairn surrounded by iron railings- by 2018 these railings have been removed. Grave markers are placed on the battlefield site marking the various sites where battle dead were buried. Note that in Spring 2008 a new Visitor Centre opened at the site. A whole elevation of the centre has been built as a memorial. At one end of the wall a stone protrudes from the wall for each Jacobite man killed (approx. 1,250), there is then a dividing section of flush wall, and then at the other end of the wall is a protruding stone for each Government man killed (50). There is also an explanatory stone tablet. The stones do not have names on. The Visitor Centre cost c £9 million.
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 Grave Markers- 1. CLAN/FRASER 2. CLAN/MACKINTOSH 3. FIELD/OF THE ENGLISH/THEY WERE BURIED/HERE 4. CLAN/STEWART/OF APPIN 5. WELL/OF THE DEAD/HERE THE CHIEF OF/THE MACGILLIVRAYS/FELL
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Cairn
    Measurements: height 7010.4mm
    Materials: Stone
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Fence/ Railing
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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