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Culloden (ii) Clan Grave Markers

As the wording on the cairn at the centre of the battlefield of Culloden on Drummossie Moor says, the graves of the clans are marked by the names of the clans.

Clan Fraser:-

Culloden; Grave of Clan Fraser

Mixed clans. The graves go all the way to the back of the mound:-

Culloden; Grave of Mixed Clans

Clan MacKintosh. Again, the graves go all the way to the back of the mound:-

Culloden; Graves of Clan Mackintosh

Clan Cameron. Yet again:-

Culloden; Graves of Clan Cameron

Clan Stewart of Appin:-

Culloden; Graves of Clan Stewart of Appin

Clans McGillivray, MacLean, MacLachlan and Atholl Highlanders. Nearly three hundred years on and floral tributes are still being paid:-

Culloden; Graves of Clans

Well of the Dead. Here the chief of the McGillivray fell:-

Culloden: Well of the Dead

Culloden (i)

Drummossie Moor, site of the Battle of Culloden, where Bonnie Prince Charlie suffered his first and only defeat at the end of the ’45, otherwise known as the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-6 (an event which signalled the end of the old Highland way of life,) is one of the more dispiriting places I have visited. It seems a godforsaken area for men to have died over. I went there again this year when the good lady’s blog friend Peggy was over from the US in May. For some strange reason, though, it wasn’t as depressing this time as last. Maybe it was the presence of a Visitor Centre (built in the interim) which made it seem not so bleak and remote.

This is a close-up view of the government (Hanoverian) line – marked by the red flag.

Culloden battlefield

Thios one was taken from the centre of the battlefield. Away in the distance (blue flags) is the Jacobite start line.

Culloden

This is looking back to the Governent lines (red flags) from the battlefield’s centre.

Culloden Battlefield

A cairn lies at the battlefield centre:-

Culloden Memorial Cairn

The cairn’s wording is slightly inaccurate. Yes, they fought for Prince Charlie, but in the main they fought for their clan chief (feudally) and not for Scotland per se.

Wording on Culloden Memorial Cairn

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