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Culloden Battlefield is the site of the battle of Cullodon (16 April 1746) in Inverness-shire. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, thereby ending the Jacobite rising of 1745. The site is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. It is within the council area of Highland.
Historic Environment Scotland Scheduled Monument SM967.

Primary Name(s): Culloden Battlefield
Place Type: Battlefield
Historic County: Inverness-shire
Lat, Long: 57.478367,-4.100492
Grid Reference: NH 7414 4507
Civil Parish: Daviot and Dunlichity CP
Council Area: Highland CA
Police Area: Scotland (Highlands and Islands) PA
Devolved Legislature: Scottish Parliament
GBPN ID:  GBPN301227

 GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Culloden_Battlefield,_Inverness-shire_301227