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SCOTLAND’S independence dreams may have been punctured at Culloden 275 years ago this week but the cause for which the Jacobites stood is as strong now as ever, a historical expert has told the Sunday National. Scottish historian Professor Murray Pittock, who will be hosting a series of National Trust for Scotland online events on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the last battle on British soil, believes that Jacobitism has become a strong reference point for indy support. And the NTS trustee believes, too, that Bonnie Prince Charlie could have been throwing his support behind moves for a fully governing Scottish Parliament in a united kingdom.
IT was the battle that helped to shape Scotland but, 275 years on, it is fighting a silent foe. The National Trust for Scotland is to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden next week online because of the pandemic. Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s arrival in Scotland ignited the 1745 Jacobite uprising, which in turn reached a tragic conclusion on Culloden Moor on April 16,1746. The final confrontation of the Jacobite rebellion, it was the last large-scale pitched battle fought on British soil and, for many sources, the last battle of any sort fought in Great Britain. It was also one of the most harrowing battles in British history. Jacobite supporters, seeking to restore the Stuart monarchy to the British throne, gathered on the moor to fight the Duke of Cumberland’s government troops. In less than one hour, around 1,600 men had been slain – 1,500 of them Jacobites.
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The 275th anniversary of Culloden is to be marked in a series of online events.
The battle on 16 April 1746 saw forces loyal to Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated by the Duke of Cumberland s government army.
Fought near Inverness, it involved the deaths of about 1,600 men - 1,500 of them Jacobites.
The events will include talks from archaeologists and historians and a discussion on how the site might look by the time of its 300th anniversary.
Culloden - the last pitched battle fought on British soil - is usually marked with a service at the battlefield, but this has not been possible due to the coronavirus pandemic.