Arisaig on the western coast of Inverness-shire was where Prince Charles had landed from France in July 1745 and where he would eventually be taken off by French frigate in September 1746. The Clanranald MacDonalds of Arisaig were among the most committed Jacobites. Government sweeping columns reached Arisaig in the summer of 1746, burning every settlement they could find. Armed men who resisted were shot. The people sheltered in the mountains and caves. Meanwhile, unknown to the government columns, Prince Charles was being hidden in this same area — moving from refuge to refuge as government soldiers searched systematically. The soldiers never found him.
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