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Keptie
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 939 Location: near Arbroath Angus
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject: Steep brae of the corpses (2 jacobite soldiers ) executed |
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The Steep brae of the Corpses & the Grave of the Soldiers ( Gaig nan Corp agus Uaigh nan Saigh dear)
After the battle of Culloden on 16th April 1746 two Jacobite soldiers of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's army took refuge for the night in a hollow at the top of the Brae . The following morning the sleeping exhausted soldiers were executed by Hanoverian Dragoons . Their bodies were later taken down the slope by locals and buried at the edge of the arable ground.
in 2004 a memorial cairn was erected at the grave site which incorporates an old inscription stone placed by James Dunbar , Invereen on the burial mound in 1940
The memorial reads " On this spot lies the remains of the TWO HIGHLAND SOLDIERS members of the army of Charles Edward Stuart executed nearby while returning home after the Battle of Culloden on 16th April 1746 .
info board is fixed to a stone plinth at the top of the brae. The cairn can be found at GRID REF
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Keptie
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 939 Location: near Arbroath Angus
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:54 am Post subject: the steep brae of the corpses & graves of the soldiers |
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see also Strathdearn community website |
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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