Culloden Battlefield: A silent walk (for respect) past the sad row of Clan Graves 

The catholic teuchters came looking for a fight and lost.

clans were not wiped out entirely 🤦‍♂️

A Forbes. Check the song...battle of harlaw. Forbes led the Aberdeen gentry vs the highlanders

Do you think its funny? this changed scotlands history forever. its unforgivable. You can fuck right off.

@@samantha-janehood5045 Everything that ever happend every massacre, battle, rape and pillage, ect changed someones history. Your ancestors survived long enough to have children who had children which eventualy led to you, Lucky !

​@Simon Robson Idk, why do so many black folk demand reparations for slavery? A fact which isn't nearly ridiculed enough. lol I'm not sure what she means by sacrifice, they fought for the house of Stuart to return to the throne. Lost and Bonnie Douche Charlie fled. A direct ancestor of mine fought at Culloden, of which I am proud, but it was a foolish endeavor in the end and lead to a rather ridiculous and unnecessary attempt at eradicating Scottish culture Maybe don't be a douche yourself, if you have pride for your ancestors, great, if not, don't mock others for appreciation of their fallen ancestors. Major dick move.

It's not just about the Scots losses they were on both sides ! there were lots of other nationalities involved as well

You are very welcome...its a very emotive place...stay tuned for more uploads... :)

Thanks for tuning in and yes, its a very emotive place...

I'm going to get to go this year. And tis nae often I find another MacLachlan in the youtube comments. Fortis et Fidus! Our clansmen were Strong and Faithful to their clan and country, were they not? Life or Death, as the battle cry goes. Unfortunately, my ancestor came over in 1650, so I did not have any family at Culloden to my knowledge.

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Thanks for tuning in...yes, its a very emotive place with a heavy atmosphere...especially in the rain... :(

I doubt the lowlanders cared about the clans. However, the idea of an absolutist Stuart monarch was ridiculous and why the Jacobites supported this is mystifying.

Ian Miller the Scots in the English army would have been shot if they refused to fight.

Not according to Murray Pittock of Glasgow university, probably Scotland's best contemporary historian and nor was It a civil war. Three of the fourteen Redcoat regiments were Scottish.

@@Sabhail_ar_Alba There were at least 5 Scottish militas present although they were not involved directly in the battle.

Not true. Scots Hanoverians were on very friendly terms with their Jacobite counterparts and knew that few of them were interested in a rising. But the older chiefs had given a personal oath of allegiance to King James II. Knowing that, the Hanoverians pressed Walpole to take action to ensure the chiefs were released from their oaths (as some already had been) but he screwed up and was regarded as a bigger enemy to Scots Hanoverians than the Jacobites by dropping them into a war that could have been avoided. One thing that has never been known and which I recently stumbled on by accident was that some prominent Jacobites had altered their wills to appoint their Hanoverian friends as executors. The Hanoverian Lord Loudoun accepted the surrender of weapons by my Jacobite family after Culloden and pleaded with his superiors to be merciful as my people had been forced "out" in the '45. He knew this was not true, but he was just trying to pour oil on troubled waters. My 4x great grandfather was a young boy on that occasion and some 30 years later, as an officer in the Scots Guards, when he was killed in the American War of Independence, it was his commanding officer, the same Lord Loudoun, who was first to put his hand in his pocket for the widow's pension

Thanks for your comments...we've been to Culloden thousands of times over the years and you can always feel the weight of history there...

Have you been to Clava Cairns, Prisoner Stone in Culloden Woods or by Culloden House. By Culloden House & the Barn Church they had Culloden Stables there but knocked down in the late 80s for posh homes. By Culloden Academy they had an open entrance to Charlie's Cave which the school got the council to cover up. Fine memories from my childhood growing up there in the wilderness.

Our love to Germany . love from Scotland

By The Grace of God The Hanoverians took The Throne rather than self serving Prince Charlie. The Scots were mad to the bone to have given that selfish dandy so much sacrifice.

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Fascinating. Gotta wonder why they needed Charlie at all.

A lot of sad thruths in your comment . 😢

“Bonnie price” Charlie was a coward 3000 men made it to the rendezvous at Ruthven barracks after the battle intent on fighting on only to be told “every man seek his own safety in the best way he can". He then fucked off to France When France wanted to support he claim some years later he shat it and refused

Indeed...so true!

So true. Still, there are things very much worth fighting for.

the kings or politicians that send men to die do win, materially.

War doesn't show who is wrong or right it. Only shows. who is left

You won, because you are here today in the now. If not for their sacrifice, you may not exist at all. If I could go to Culloden, as a MacKenzie, I would sit at my stone and share a wee dram with them, for that is the ultimate insult to the English; that they did not exterminate our seed.

Thanks so much for your lovely comments and I am fortunate to visit Culloden several times a month...always feel the weight of history bearing down as you traverse the field. Thanks for tuning in and taking the time to post a comment. Have a great day! :)

Mac an Tòisich

James McIntosh was my father's name.

Thank you for your lovely comments and appreciate you tuning in! All the best from the Northern Hemisphere! :)

Stewart and Cameron's alway close alies mate all the best from Inverness Scottish Highlands ma lad

Yes, its always a very emotive place and the atmosphere of the past is very palpable indeed. Thanks for your post and have a lovely day! :)

Thanks so much for your lovely comments and welcome to our Channel! We've uploaded a few other Culloden related videos too! :)

Visiting there in August of 2018, I was stricken by how similarly it felt to visiting Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor...absolutely quiet and haunted...an incredible experience, each one...thanks for this wonderful return visit!🙏🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you too!

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Loads of folks say that to me when I take them on the field...

Well said. Nor is the brutal clan system ever mentioned, many so-called 'jacobites' were forced to fight by their landlords - they were certainly not all willing volunteers.

@@mr31337 - The case in practically every army in Europe at the time.

Alistair2348 funny how a portrait of the chief of Clan Grant exists from around 1688 in full Clan Grant tartan.

The clansmen were identified by their kith and kin.. 3 of the 14 regiments fighting for Cumberland were Scots the Kingston regiment of Nottingham carried out terrible atrocities in the battlefield. Thousands of innocent Highlanders were indiscriminately slaughtered by Cumberlands 'death squads' - men, women and children randomly slaughtered on the Inverness road. Cumberland gave the 'no quarter' command.

@@jimwands so they're full of shit, then? If so where is that info coming from? Tv?

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Such an important distinction!

Our pleasure!

Thank you too!

Thank YOU for watching! so lovely to hear your comments and stay tuned for more uploads coming soon! :)

Yes, they're both very emotive places...thanks for tuning in... :)

I haven't been to Culloden but "oppressive" and "spooky" describe Glencoe perfectly.

Along with millions of other people nothing spooky about it

Very proud of the Government Scots who fought that day for their country.

Rick dudly shame

why Kenya the jacobites were fighting to put their own king on the throne not freedom

+FireCrackerJim and for that to happen they needed freedom

Kenya__Cameroon77 so its okay for the minority of scots to rebel while the majority didnt support it lol where you from clown i bet you are a yank

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Very true.

They were clansmen so basically they were serfs of their chief to be used at his will.

It doesn't need to be expert for that. He really used them. This is my thought. Whoever create a war is an enemy to him/herself.

You are absolutely right, he did use them. When he first landed, he was told to "go home". Sadly he did not.

War was getting modern, bravery counted for little against canister rounds and Welch archers too..

The Clansmen had to follow their"chief" or whatever. Pawns. Personal property. No choice really, and despite the sacrifice they were turfed out in the Highland Clearances. I have heard it said that losing Culloden was good long term for Scotland. Anyway, Charles Stuart was an idiot.

We've had so many lovely tour guests from America say the same to us...thanks for tuning in and have a lovely day! :)

Great 👍

My pleasure!

carolyn haney Most of them wouldn't know that. Are you a descendant of a clan? I am a descendant of the Fraser clan

They are not poor. they become legends and that is more than enough.:)

Fraser Brown we are descended from clan cameron 😊

MadamCameron cool

MadamCameron Same

I watched this and i cried i don't know why but i can't help my tears...😭

+vanessa stmv Thank you, it’s a very emotional place and the history weighs down on you...

amen,SOAR ALBA

Christine his problem was that Scotland was Presbyterian by the time Charlie wanted to be in charge , and the Scots sure as hell were not going to put up with a Catholic on the throne. a wee bit of truth does one no harm .

Christine Only a very few wanted a Catholic on the Throne

@Simon Robson Yes he was a bum but what does that tell you about the chiefs

@Simon Robson You will never change it. Look at what is happening now. America whistles and everyone comes a running

Yes, modern geophysics surveys have been completed, but the dead will be left in peace, so no excavations...thanks for tuning in! :)

Not according to Murray Pittock Scotland's best contemporary historian - he's written a book explaining why. Most clansmen weren't even catholic - old Locheil and Cameron's were protestants - but the post battle atrocities committed mainly by the Kingston Regiment of Nottingham were brutal and have been recorded. Hundreds of wounded slain in the post battle bloodbath, hundreds of women and children murdered on the Inverness road, thousands sent to Carlisle for imprisonment, deportation or execution..

@@Sabhail_ar_Alba are there any good videos on this matter you would recommend?

all conveniently forgotten ,and yes the leadership was incompetent but that does not excuse the aftermath of attemted genocide ,as to the comment from me campbell ,what else would you expect from a cam beuill or wry mouth whose ancestors consistentley sold scotland out for english gold

The atmosphere is always heavy there, no matter the weather... :(

A day that lives in Charlie's stupidity

@@johnmudd6453 So true...for them to allow him to give the go on a location in the open that gave only the greatest advantage to the blokes that had superior fire power...had they insisted on a forested location it would probably have been and entire different situation

I am glad to be descended from McGregor "despite them". I have always loved that stubbornly triumphant epithet. I wish you a wonderful vacation.

@@anselman3156 I always thought of myself as more a Cameron, but have a certain usual 'look' and had a fiery temper since a child....then I realized, McGregor (like Conor I'm a 1st degree Blackbelt and a 'Warrior')....I'm very similar to the late Diana, very. You are most certainly from the noble 'Men of the Mist', because you are kind and a gentleman.... I'll bet you 'see through' people.... what I'm working on now, is how to 'see' myself...and then there's the strangest thing of all.... our Kin. I wondered often why we have a few Clans over and over in our lineage (Cameron, Stewart, Campbell, MacKenzie) and lucky we don't have 5 legs and 8 eyeballs! But, after marrying my late husband (3 lines of McGregor and maternally Jewish), that we are 'Tribal' and seem to be peculiar unless we marry into our lines....I love being alone, which causes endless issues as many men want to date me and I really don't want to.... I just love to be 'alone' and few understand this.... it must be from the endless land to wander and the solitary beaches in the mist.... I already know you understand- Kin

@@katherinesage You are an excellent mix. Yes, I love the "children of the mist" title, with its suggestion of elusiveness, evading threats etc., and also just the natural beauty of the thing. As a rather solitary person myself, I fully understand the love of solitude. I have been rather overly inclined towards that, and have to push myself at times to socialize. One thing I do is folk singing in a local club (Scottish and Irish songs I can sing unaccompanied largely), and a sharing my poetry in a writers group and open mic. Yes, you guessed it, I celebrate nature and reflect on solitude and enduring values, love, family and spiritual things. My maternal great grandfather wrote poems in the Scots dialect, and I guess I have inherited his poetic mantle ('though not so adept at Scots). Like you, I give attention to understanding myself, and to pondering the fact of being the result of generations of love and nobility, however humble and arduous the life circumstances. By God's providence we've come into existence, unique individuals, but carrying the heritage of our dear forebears. I honor them. Nice to have made your acquaintance, kin. God bless you and yours.

@@anselman3156 be free to 'friend' me on Facebook, I am connected to Clan Cameron and M(a)cGregor there as well. Our Clans are Dalriadic and ancient.... to Kenneth MacAlpin the first King of Scotland and the men crowned at Scone. You would love to read the Kindle "Children of the Mist - the story of the Scottish Highlanders". I love the Isle of Skye and hope to visit this late summer as there is yet another Clan Gathering. Both of my Grandparents came over from Scotland. I am Kin to Rob Roy and my late husband to the White branch that swam out of a lake after getting tossed out by the Stewart King (whom I'm also related to). I, as crazy as it seems, do believe in the faerie realm and love poetry and gardening.... I love reading and songs too... there is little doubt it is in our blood all the way back to a Sheppard boy who was a singer of songs, a warrior and loved to write psalms....

@@katherinesage Thanks for the invitation. I haven't got into the facebook thing yet and not so tech savvy or connected. RU-vid is my only venture in this realm, and I've not made much use of it except for such comments as these. I will look into things further. Our family lore was that we were related to Rob Roy, and made visits to his grave at Balquhidder church. Whether by blood or not, I do feel connected to the psalmist shepherd. His words have often become my own. I will check out the book (I am not even on Kindle yet-Mr Technophobe likes the feel of pigment stained woodpulp and turning pages. Smells nicer too, how sensual!). I have enjoyed a couple of visits to Skye and have some treasured photo prints of walks there, including (mist(!) shrouded Old Man of Storr). "Speak" to you later.

Totally wide open with no cover (save for some stone walls) or vegetation at all...there's currently a process to cut back some of the bushes, etc to show visitors what it looked like on the day. Thanks for tuning in...

@@OutlandishJourneys Do you think any of the walls are still there? It was quite long ago but I wouldn't be surprised

Yes, there are still traces of the walls and outlines...if you check out our other Culloden videos you’ll see more of the field and surrounds...

At last someone who actually can spell it correctly.! Someone else on here keeps spellings it SOAR instead of SAOR. An insult to my ancestors from Scotland and Ireland who died here. RIP in peace, we are proud and you are not forgotten 😪❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SAOR ALBA

@@foreverlv311 Not me , I am a real Scot born and bred 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Laura: Well isnt that the Scots way To make money from misery e.g Highland Clearances

@@jacktattis143 The difference there being that it was landowners and certain clan chiefs making money from the misery of the Highland Clearances not the 'ordinary' men and women.

What a tremendous imagination ,

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Scotland should also memorialize the brave government Scots who defeated Charlie. After all, move Scots fought against Charlie than for him.

I take it you are English & a Royalist & have not a clue RE: Scottish history.

rena mcleod probably just another no voting traitor that guy. All the best from Glasgow Rena 💙

Rick are you on a mad one? “More Scots fought against Charlie than for”

actually they did I wager most of you here are fakes from . america

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Even Eerier when you realise that birdsong is never heard at Culloden