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  1. Apr 19, 2021 · Join Dr Darren S Layne as he explores why Culloden still matters, 275 years after the battle. The battlefield and visitor centre remain a site of pilgrimage for visitors, re-enactors, annual commemorators and those members of the global diaspora who have ‘come home’.

  2. Apr 16, 2021 · Culloden's brutality still resonates in Scotland, 275 years after the Jacobite rout by the Duke of Cumberland. It was a pitched battle which was done and dusted in less time than half a...

    • The Battle
    • Remembering The Battle
    • The Battlefield

    Part of its significance is that the engagement between the British (or government, or Hanoverian; so many terms used when discussing the 1745 Rising are loaded) army, led by the Duke of Cumberland, and the Jacobite army, under Prince Charles Edward Stuart, on Drummossie Moor was the last pitched battle fought by regular troops on British soil. In ...

    And way the battle has been interpreted is changing. Older, entrenched views are being challenged, often in light of new archival and archaeological evidence. The battlefield itself, which played a large part in the Jacobites’ defeat, wasn’t, as has often been claimed, chosen by Charles and his adjutant and quartermaster general, John O’Sullivan ag...

    Culloden is the third-biggest tourist attraction in Scotland. In 2019, the visitor centre had 209,011 visits, with about the same number going to the battlefield alone. It has a place in the memories of people around the world, with its “special sense of place” and the connection many feel with the dead who fell there. Books and films have helped, ...

    • Frances Owen
  3. New research has reshaped historians' understanding of the battlefield landscape of Culloden 275 years ago. The battle on 16 April 1746 saw forces loyal to Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated by the...

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  5. Jul 27, 2022 · Now, more than 275 years later, the Battle of Culloden is still revealing its secrets. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has uncovered new evidence for the location of Culloden Parks, the...

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