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* Culloden, Highland, a village in Scotland
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Culloden and Highland
Apart from the former burgh of Inverness, the Highland Council's city management area includes Ardersier, Beauly, Culloden, Balloch, Drumnadrochit, Fort Augustus, Invermoriston, Smithton, Tomatin, Kirkhill and Kiltarlity.
In the 1880s the common people or peasantry of the Highlands and Islands had been cleared from large areas of their ancestral lands, the clearances ( known as the Highland Clearances ) having occurred during the decades following the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
There is a memorial to the Highland prisoners captured after the Battle of Culloden in 1746 who were held at Tilbury.
Another commander was Colonel Allan MacDonald, the husband of Flora MacDonald of Highland lore who aided Bonnie Prince Charlie following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden Moor in 1746.
As serving soldiers of the French King the Irish Picquets were permitted to formally surrender after Culloden with a promise of honourable treatment, and were not subjected to the reprisals suffered by the Highland clansmen.
David Morier's painting Battle of Culloden | Culloden shows the highlanders still wearing the kilt | plaids which they normally set aside before battle, where they would fire a volley then run full tilt at the enemy with broadsword and targe in the " Highland charge " wearing only their shirts.
* Smithton, Highland, a community near Culloden in Scotland.
David Morier's painting " Battle of Culloden | Culloden " depicts the Highland charge in 1746.
The final and least successful use of the Highland charge was in 1746 during the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, the Battle of Culloden.
After the defeat of the Highland clans at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the " taming of the north " begun, and a network of highland roads was constructed by the government, with many planned and executed by General Wade.
Instead, during the years preceding the Battle of Culloden, to the extent that the Highland people wore any kind of kilt-like garment, it was the belted plaid and not the modern tailored kilt.
Culloden and village
Culloden (; from Scottish Gaelic Cùl lodain, " back of the small pond "; modern Gaelic Cùil Lodair ) is the name of a village three miles east of Inverness, Scotland and the surrounding area.
Three miles south of the village is Drummossie Moor ( often called Culloden Moor ), site of the Battle of Culloden.
Culloden village was originally made up of estate houses attached to Culloden House.
In the 1960s an area near the historic village was drained for a council housing project, including Culloden Stores, Culloden Academy and Duncan Forbes Primary School, named after the Forbeses of Culloden, who owned Culloden House from 1626 to 1897.
Like Culloden, Balloch is a village of some antiquity.
Culloden and Scotland
* 1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.
* Battle of Culloden, a battle which took place in Scotland in 1746
* Culloden Academy, a secondary school in Scotland
The Prince and his Army marched through Chorley itself on 10 December on the way back to Carlisle and Scotland and their dreadful day of destiny on Culloden Moor near Inverness the following 16 April.
Their career during the 18th century included fighting in Scotland at the Battle of Culloden as well as service in the Seven Years ' War when they took part in the charge at Warburg.
On 31 March 1928, his father created him Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, and Baron Culloden, three titles that linked him with three parts of the United Kingdom, namely England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
On his return in 1738 he first settled in Edinburgh, attracting attention by his head of Duncan Forbes of Culloden and his full-length portrait of the Duke of Argyll, later used on Royal Bank of Scotland banknotes.
Hindman's paternal lineage descended from the Carmichael clan in Scotland, some members of which made their way into America after King George II of Great Britain ousted nine hundred Scottish followers of Bonnie Prince Charles to America after the April 16, 1746 Battle of Culloden.
By late 1745 he had rallied all the southern militias and regular forces, and the Jacobites withdrew to northern Scotland where they were defeated at Culloden in 1746.
Culloden House now stands as one of the luxury country house hotels in Scotland.
Today, Culloden Battlefield is under the care of the National Trust for Scotland, and its visitors ' centre is a huge tourist attraction.
After the defeat of the Prince's rebellion at Culloden in April 1746, Charles fled Scotland for France.
Thus the Maclaines and MacLeans were spared the ramifications that resulted throughout northern Scotland as a result of Charles ' defeat at the Battle of Culloden.
After the defeat of the Prince's rebellion at Culloden in April 1746, Charles fled Scotland for France.
From the late 17th century onwards, the British army was to be deployed in three main areas of conflict ( America, Europe and Scotland ), one of which ( Scotland ) was effectively ended at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
Five Royal Navy ships have had the name of HMS Culloden, after the battle of Culloden which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite Rising.
The Barn Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland at Culloden, in the Presbytery of Inverness.
Greig's Aberdeen family history was linked to the Battle of Culloden Moor and she empathized with the Stone of Scone's return to Scotland.
Highland and village
Achiltibuie ( or Field of the yellow-haired boy ) is a long linear village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, on the Coigach coast of northwestern Scotland, overlooking Badentarbet Bay to the west.
* Balmoral bonnet, an unbrimmed cap common in Highland dress, named for the Scottish village and castle
* The restaurant-style eating area is called The Brig, short for Brigadoon, commemorating a play about a mythical Highland village.
A watchtower was located in the village to look out for headhunting parties from the Highland tribes.
Meanwhile, in the village, Meg tells about the day her parents were drunkenly married (" My Mother's Wedding Day ") and the townsfolk dance until the sound of Highland Pipes pierces the air.
Part of the restored Welsh Highland Railway runs through the village.
The village was served by a rail line to Spean Bridge from 1903 until 1933, built by the North British Railway, but initially operated by the Highland Railway.
Highland Park is a village in Polk County, Florida, United States.
The village of Lincolnshire negotiated and signed an agreement with the village of Highland Park in 1982 to create a more efficient means of obtaining water by purchasing filtered water from Lake Michigan.
After a succession of closures and reopenings of the rural post office, the settlement was finally incorporated as a village within Greenfield Township and Hamtramck Township under the name of Highland Park in 1889.
The village of Highland Park was incorporated as a city in 1918 to protect its tax base, including its successful Ford plant, from Detroit's expanding boundaries.
In 1910 Highland Park, then a village, had 4, 120 residents.
Of the fifty some great lodging places within the village and surrounding area, only a few remain: The Regis, Mathes Hotel ( Kosher Plaza ), Alpine, Lorraine, Fleischmanns Hotel ( Roberts ' Auction ), Meinstein Lodge ( Highland Fling Inn ), and the Palace Hotel.
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West Point and the contiguous village of Highland Falls, New York, are on the west bank of the Hudson River.
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* Glencoe, Highland, a village in the glen
The village is in the historic county of Argyll, although this part of Argyll now lies in The Highland Region.
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