Culloden Moor

[ kuh-lod-n, -lawd-n ]

noun

a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.

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In a little time they proceeded on their march, and engaged the gallant army of the Prince on Culloden Moor.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-Gould
Culloden Moor, victory of the Duke of Cumberland at, iii, 55.
London and the Kingdom - Volume III | Reginald R. Sharpe
The men on Culloden Moor, a flat waste unsuited to the tactics of the clans, had but one biscuit apiece on the eve of the battle.
A Short History of Scotland | Andrew Lang
It was now too late to hope that a surprise could be effected before daylight, and the army retraced its steps to Culloden Moor.
Bonnie Prince Charlie | G. A. Henty
Culloden Moor—the battle-field—lies eastward about a mile from Culloden House.
The Illustrated London Reading Book | Various

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