CULLODEN
, a desolate See also:tract of moorland, See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland
.
It forms See also:part of the See also:north-See also:east of Drummossie See also:Muir, and is situated about 6 m. by road E. of Inverness, and
m. from Culloden Muir station on the Highland railway from Aviemore to Inverness via Daviot
.
It is celebrated as the See also:scene of the See also:battle of the 16th of See also:April 1746 (see See also:CUMBERLAND, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:AUGUSTUS, See also:DUKE OF, and See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
MURRAY, See also:LORD See also:GEORGE), by which the See also:fate of the See also:house of See also:Stuart was decided
.
By Highlanders the battle is more generally described as the battle of Drummossie
.
Memorial stones bearing the names of the clans engaged in the conflict were erected in 1881 at the See also:head of each See also:trench where the clansmen—about I0o0 in number—were buried
.
A monumental See also:cairn, 20 ft. high, marks the See also:chief scene of the fight, and the Cumberland See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone, a huge See also:boulder, indicates the spot where the See also:English See also:commander took up his position
.
A mile to the north is Culloden House, which belonged to See also:Duncan See also:Forbes, the See also:president of the See also:Court of Session
.
The Culloden Papers, a number of See also:historical documents ranging from 1625 to 1748, were discovered in this See also:mansion in 1812 and published in 1815 by Duncan George Forbes
.
On the See also:death of the loth See also:laird, the collection of Jacobite See also:relics and See also:works of See also:art was sold by See also:auction in 1897
.
About i m. to the See also:south of the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Nairn, is the See also:plain of Clava, containing several stone circles, monoliths, See also:cairns and other prehistoric remains
.
The circles, some apparently never completed, vary in circumference from 12 yds. to 140 yds
.
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