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Jacobite Risings

Battle of Culloden

1746
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Battle of Drummossie Moor
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobites (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
Forces
c.9,000 rested government (Cumberland); decisive final defeat
VS
Victor
Government (Duke of Cumberland)
Forces
c.5,000-7,000 exhausted Jacobites
Outcome
Decisive Government victory; Highland army destroyed in under an hour
The Battle

History & Significance

Last pitched battle on British soil; ended the Jacobite cause; the brutal aftermath destroyed the Highland clan system; Charles Edward Stuart fled and never returned to Scotland

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Culloden

Clava Cairns, cairns 70m, 170m NE of and 210m, 460m ENE of, barrow 270m NE of, and standing stone 395m NE of Balnuarin
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
Milton of Clava, chapel and standing stone 255m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Milton of Clava, cairn 215m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Ballaggan, mound 420m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.3 miles
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