Culloden Battlefield Culloden Battlefield National Trust for Scotland

Description


The place where the Jacobite revolts of the 18th century finally died, and the site of the last battle to be fought on British Soil (though the Channel Islanders may have something to say about that and World War II) On this site almost all of the 5000 strong Jacobite army died along with about 500 Government troops. The battlefield itself is open all day everyday but there is also a visitors centre which has a film explaining the build up to the battle and the aftermath. There is also a small exhibition of artefact's. The whole exhibition has a distinct bias trying to portray the incident as Scots being massacred by the English. If you look deep enough at the exhibition it does admit that there were more Scots on the Government side than on the Jacobite side and that a large number of the Jacobite's were French, Irish and even English!

Charge


Access to the battlefield is Free but there is a charge to view the exhibition in the visitors centre

Getting There

An hourly bus service runs from the centre of Inverness to the Visitors centre and takes about 35 minutes
Latitude: 57.47831; Longitude: -4.094467
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Web Link


www.nts.org.uk
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (27/03/2004), and on time of last update (31/03/2004) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.