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CULLODEN , a desolate See also:tract of moorland, See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. It forms See also:part of the See also:north-See also:east of Drummossie See also:Muir, and is situated about 6 m. by road E. of Inverness, and
m. from Culloden Muir station on the Highland railway from Aviemore to Inverness via Daviot. It is celebrated as the See also:scene of the See also:battle of the 16th of See also:April 1746 (see See also:CUMBERLAND, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:AUGUSTUS, See also:DUKE OF, and See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
MURRAY, See also:LORD See also:GEORGE), by which the See also:fate of the See also:house of See also:Stuart was decided. By Highlanders the battle is more generally described as the battle of Drummossie.
Memorial stones bearing the names of the clans engaged in the conflict were erected in 1881 at the See also:head of each See also:trench where the clansmen—about I0o0 in number—were buried. A monumental See also:cairn, 20 ft. high, marks the See also:chief scene of the fight, and the Cumberland See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone, a huge See also:boulder, indicates the spot where the See also:English See also:commander took up his position. A mile to the north is Culloden House, which belonged to See also:Duncan See also:Forbes, the See also:president of the See also:Court of Session. The Culloden Papers, a number of See also:historical documents ranging from 1625 to 1748, were discovered in this See also:mansion in 1812 and published in 1815 by Duncan George Forbes. On the See also:death of the loth See also:laird, the collection of Jacobite See also:relics and See also:works of See also:art was sold by See also:auction in 1897. About i m. to the See also:south of the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Nairn, is the See also:plain of Clava, containing several stone circles, monoliths, See also:cairns and other prehistoric remains. The circles, some apparently never completed, vary in circumference from 12 yds. to 140 yds.
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