For five months after Culloden, government forces mounted a massive search operation for Prince Charles Edward Stuart, with a £30,000 reward on his head. Some 2,000 soldiers were deployed in the search. Charles evaded capture in the Highlands and Western Isles, sheltered by loyal Highlanders. He was disguised as a maidservant by Flora MacDonald to cross to Skye — one of the most romantic episodes in Scottish history. He hid in a cave, crossed mountains and lochs, and endured extreme hardship. Not one Highlander betrayed him for the enormous reward. He was eventually taken off by French ships from Loch nan Uamh in September 1746.
Government search forces c.2,000 soldiers and sailors; loyal Highlanders protecting Charles
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near Inverness-shire