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Battle of Culloden

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Battle of Culloden
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The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. 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.

From the Inventory of Historic Battlefields, Historic Environment Scotland record BTL6

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Date
1746-04-16

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