After Culloden, the Glen Moriston area sheltered fugitives including the wandering Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Government troops burned farms and took cattle in the systematic pacification of the glens. The Seven Men of Glen Moriston — a band of Jacobite outlaws — protected the prince for weeks despite government pressure. The episode encapsulates the post-Culloden terror and Highland loyalty to the Stuart cause.
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