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Culloden Battlefield Inverness, Scotland
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Lovely Scotish countryside enroute to our destination
The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force
under Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
   


The Visitor's Center provided a comprehensive overview of the events and significance of the battle
The bricks in the memorial wall represent the number killed in battle, the overwhelming majority in the defeated Scotish army
Memorial stones erected by descendants of the clans who fought here
Historical Details & Weapons