Our first stop was the Culloden Battlefield where Jacobite troops under Bonnie Prince Charlie were defeated by supporters of the Hanover dynasty (King George II’s family) in 1746. Unfortunately it was raining pretty hard so we didn't go outside. The flags indicate specific strategic positions in the battle. At the time, most of the field was covered with gorse, the yellow plant you can see in the distance. It has a lot of thorns.
This wall is a symbolic representation of the number of casualties. The protruding bricks each represent a soldier who died. The handful of Hanoverian casualties (about 50) are to the left of the smooth section while the rest of the long wall’s raised bricks represent the multitude of dead Jacobites (about 1,500).
We then moved on to the Clava Cairns, Neolithic burial chambers dating from 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. There are three structures: a central “ring cairn” with an open space in the center but no access to it, flanked by two “passage cairns,” which were once covered. The entrance shaft in each passage cairn lines up with the setting sun at the winter solstice. Each cairn is surrounded by a stone circle.
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