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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Inverness And Bona
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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