Welcome to the Bonnie Prince Charlie Monument at Arivruach on the Isle of Lewis. Here stands a monument marking a dramatic chapter in Highland history, the spot where Prince Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, landed while fleeing for his life after the Battle of Culloden. After the crushing defeat on 16th April 1746, the Prince became Britain’s most wanted man with a hefty bounty on his head. Yet, despite the danger, he found refuge among the people of the Outer Hebrid

On this day in 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie left Scotland after the 1745 Jacobite Rising, never to return. This simple monument overlooking Loch nan Uamh is the Prince's Cairn and as the inscription explains, marks the traditional spot where Prince Charles Edward Stuart boarded the ship. He sailed away in a French frigate, leaving behind the dream of restoring the Stuart dynasty to the British throne. It had been five long months after his army was defeated at Culloden and 14 months since he step

Death masks have been used to help recreate the face of Bonnie Prince Charlie. More: bbc.in/3smNYrb | BBC Scotland News

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