Culloden

/ kəˈlɒdən /

noun

a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart

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During their trip they had visited Culloden Battlefield near Inverness, one of the locations from the show.

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Developer Springfield Properties has secured outline planning permission to build on farmland near Culloden House, which was Bonnie Prince Charlie's battlefield headquarters.

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Members of the prince's Jacobite army marched from nearby Culloden Parks to join the fighting against the Duke of Cumberland's government army.

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Springfield Properties said it would have an archaeologist on hand if full planning permission was granted for the development at Milton of Culloden.

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The Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746 saw the prince and his forces face King George II's government army, led by the Duke of Cumberland, George's son.

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Cullman Culloden Moor

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