Culloden Moor

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1. 1Culloden Moor

   Welcome to Culloden Moor. As you stand here today, gazing out across this wide, flat, and seemingly featureless expanse, it is essential to prepare your mind for the profound historical weight embedded in this very soil. …

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2. 2The Government Line

   We now stand near a line of bright red flags that stretch across the moor, fluttering vividly against the gray sky. These markers denote the front line of the Hanoverian government army, commanded by the youthful and utterly…

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3. 3The Jacobite Line

   Looking across the moor from the government positions, we arrive at a line of blue flags snapping in the Highland wind. This is the front line of the Jacobite army, commanded by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. …

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4. 4The Artillery Positions

   Let us move to the center of the battlefield, focusing on the space between the blue and red lines. Here, we must discuss the terrifying, deafening reality of eighteenth century artillery fire. …

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5. 5The Boggy Ground and The Left Flank

   We now walk toward the northern edge of the battlefield, tracing the path of the Jacobite left wing. When the unbearable pressure of the artillery fire finally forced the Jacobite command to sound the advance, the result was not…

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6. 6The Frontline Clash at Barrell's Regiment

   We move now to the southern portion of the battlefield, the very epicenter of the most savage and desperate hand to hand combat of the entire conflict. While the left flank was bogged down and broken, the Jacobite right wing,…

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7. 7The Well of the Dead

   Just a short walk from the site of the frontline clash, we arrive at a profoundly somber location known as the Well of the Dead. This small, unassuming natural spring marks the area where the absolute heaviest concentration of…

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8. 8The Clan Burial Graves

   We walk slowly now along a raised earthen path, flanked on either side by long, low mounds covered in tough moorland grass and heather. This is the most sacred and emotionally heavy area of the entire battlefield. …

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9. 9The Memorial Cairn

   Dominating the center of the battlefield is the Memorial Cairn, a massive, conical structure built of rough hewn stone. Standing roughly twenty feet tall, it serves as the central focal point for remembrance on Culloden Moor. …

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10. 10Clava Cairns Prehistoric Site

    Leaving the immediate vicinity of the eighteen century battlefield, we take a short journey just down the road to a site that dramatically expands our understanding of the deep, ancient history of this landscape. We have arrived…

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11. 11Closing

    As our journey across Culloden Moor concludes, I invite you to stand near the center of the battlefield one last time and simply listen. The heavy silence that blankets this landscape today is perhaps its most profound feature. …

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