Battle of Culloden site

The Battle of Culloden, fought on April 16, 1746, near Inverness in Scotland, was the final confrontation of the Jacobite Rising, where government forces under the Duke of Cumberland defeated Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite army. The site today is a historic landscape marked by memorials and information panels that honor those involved. It is preserved as a National Trust site, offering insight into the battle's significance in Scottish history, symbolizing the end of Jacobite efforts to restore the Stuart monarchy and leading to significant cultural and political changes in Scotland.