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Culloden battlefield virtual tours

The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46. The battle took place on April 16, 1746, on Drumossie Moor near Inverness, and resulted in a decisive victory for...

Butter Bridge in Glen Kinglas

Butter Bridge stands in the shadow of Beinn Ime and crosses the gently flowing Kinglas Water in Glen Kinglas, Argyll. The bridge was built sometime between 1748-1750 as part of Major William Caulfeild's military...

The Rout of Moy

On the night of 16-17 February 1746, a government force of around 1,500, many of them from the 64th Highlanders and the Independent Highland Companies under the command of John Campbell, 4th Earl of...

Tummel Bridge

Tummel Bridge is situated at the western end of Loch Tummel in Perthshire and was built in 1730 to carry Lieutenant-General George Wade’s Crieff to Dalnacardoch military road across the River Tummel. General Wade in...

Ruthven Barracks

Ruthven Barracks is situated on the south side of the River Spey overlooking the small town of Kingussie in Badenoch and was constructed between 1718 and 1721 on the site of an earlier medieval...

The Jacobite burning of Strathearn

From 25-29 January 1716, in the midst of a bitter winter, the Jacobites burned the Strathearn villages of Auchterarder, Blackford, Dalreoch, Crieff, Dunning, and Muthill after driving out the inhabitants in an attempt to...

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