Culloden - Memorials

On both sides of the old road (laid out in Victorian times and widened by the NTS) lie the gravestones of the Scottish clans which Duncan Forbes, the owner of Culloden House, erected in 1881. He was also responsible for the 20ft/6m high memorial stone which commemorates the Battle of Culloden. On the nearest Saturday to the date of the battle, the Gaelic Society in Inverness holds a service beside this memorial to remember the battle and those who died in it.

Old Leanach Cottage, the last farmer's cottage from the days of the battle has been faithfully restored and the melancholic sound of the Gaelic folk song "Mo run gealog" (My beautiful young darling) drifts from its rooms. Cumberland Stone marks the spot at the eastern edge of