Culloden Battlefield Memorial
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Name and dates
Culloden Battlefield MemorialOpened on the Monuments and Memorials.
Description
This was the site of the Battle of Culloden fought on the 16th of April 1746. This was the last major action of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and last major land battle in the United Kingdom. The army of Charles Edward Stuart 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' was defeated by British forces under William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland. The battle was fought on high farmland east of Inverness.
The Culloden Battlefield is under the care of the National Trust for Scotland NTS - Culloden .
After the battle a memorial was raised and markers for the mass graves of the clans. Today the site has a car park and visitor centre.
Today the nearest station to the site is Inverness station, over 6 miles away to the west. (Historically Culloden Moor station was closer, just a mile to the east.)
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Jacobite memorial| Nearby stations Culloden Moor Allanfearn Castle Stuart Platform Daviot Dalcross Inverness Airport [Station] Inverness Inverness Innes Street Ticket Platform Inverness Harbour [Station] Ness Islands Railway Clachnaharry Gollanfield Fort George [1st] Moy Fort George [2nd] | Leanach Quarry Clava Bridge Culloden Viaduct Cradlehall Crossovers Dalcross Timber Siding Millburn Wartime Connection Millburn Junction Tourist/other Cumberland^s Stone Clava Cairns Culloden House Cradlehall House Lower Cullernie Level Crossing Castle Stuart Dalcross Castle Raigmore Level Crossing |
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