Culloden Moor, Prince Charlie's Stone
Stone (Period Unknown)
Site Name Culloden Moor, Prince Charlie's Stone
Classification Stone (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Culloden Muir; Battle Of Culloden; Culchunaig; Stone Associated With Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Canmore ID 14296
Site Number NH74SW 2
NGR NH 7376 4438
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14296
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74SW 2 7376 4438
For Culloden Moor, Battlefield (centred NH 742 450), see NH74NW 17.00.
Prince Charlie's Stone [NAT] (at NH 7376 4438)
OS 1:2500 map, 1964.
In a grass field at approx. NH 7376 4438 is a rough road shaped boulder c. 1.3m long by 1.0m wide by c.0.6m. It is believed that Prince Charlie stood on this stone for a time watching the battle of Culloden and is therefore called 'Prince Charlie's Stone'.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1962; Information from Mr N MacDonald, Warden, National Trust for Scotland, Culloden.
Note (1979)
Culloden, Battlefield NH 73 44, 74 44, 74 45, NH74NW 17 NH74SW 1 & 2
The following monuments associated with the Battle of Culloden (16th April 1746) have been given statutory protection under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979; the Graves of the Clans (NH 742 450); the Well of the Dead (NH 743 449);the King's Stables (NH 733 448); Old Leanach House (NH 745 450); the stone associated with Prince Charles Edward Stuart (NH 737 443); the stone commemorating the Graves of the English (NH743 450), and the Cumberland Stone (NH 749 452).
RCAHMS 1979
