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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRISONERS SHOT HERE AFTER THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN [Culloden Wood] | PRISONERS SHOT HERE AFTER THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN [Culloden Wood] PRISONERS SHOT HERE AFTER THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN [Culloden Wood] PRISONERS SHOT HERE AFTER THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN [Culloden Wood] |
Arthur Forbes Esq. of Culloden Duncan Forbes Esq. Culloden House. Estate plan of Culloden, dated 1851. |
100 | This is a large, irregular boulder, about twelve feet across each way and six feet high, which lies in Culloden Wood, nearly a mile south of Culloden House. The tradition in the neighbourhood respecting the event which makes this stone interesting, is the following. Seventeen of Prince Charles' party were taken, wounded, at the close of the battle of Culloden and confined in the dungeon of Culloden House; kept there for three days, and then put into two carts and conveyed to this stone; against which they were placed and shot, at point blank distance. The soldiers then clubbed their muskets and smashed the heads of those they had shot, in order to make sure work; but, strange to say, one man, named Fraser survived and managed to crawl away and escape. This is the account given by the present proprietors, who received this information from Alexander Bain Sage, who died a few years ago at Smithtown village, and was the son of one of the men who carted the prisoners of to the stones. The event, he stated was vividly impressed on his father's memory, and he often spoke about it. The account, however, differs in some few points from those given in Bishop Forbes' Culloden Papers. These papers were originally written by different |
| STONE [Culloden Wood] | Stone (17 Prisoners shot near here after the Battle of Culloden) Stone (17 Prisoners shot near here after the Battle of Culloden) "Stone at which 16 men were shot" |
Arthur Forbes Esq. of Culloden Duncan Forbes Esq. Culloden House. Estate plan of Culloden, dated 1851. |
004 | This is a large, irregular boulder, about twelve feet across each way and six feet high, which lies in Culloden Wood, nearly a mile south of Culloden House. The tradition in the neighbourhood respecting the event which makes this stone interesting, is the following. Seventeen of Prince Charles' party were taken, wounded, at the close of the battle of Culloden and confined in the dungeon of Culloden House; kept there for three days, and then put into two carts and conveyed to this stone; against which they were placed and shot, at point blank distance. The soldiers then clubbed their muskets and smashed the heads of those they had shot, in order to make sure work; but, strange to say, one man, named Fraser survived and managed to crawl away and escape. This is the account given by the present proprietors, who received this information from Alexander Bain Sage, who died a few years ago at Smithtown village, and was the son of one of the men who carted the prisoners of to the stones. The event, he stated was vividly impressed on his father's memory, and he often spoke about it. The account, however, differs in some few points from those given in Bishop Forbes' Culloden Papers. These papers were originally written by different |
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