Loch nan Uamh In Lochaber On Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Loch nan Uamh in Lochaber on ancestry visit to the Scottish Highlands. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, embarked from here for France from Scotland on 20 September 1746 following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Although the cairn commemorates the final departure of the Prince before his exile to France, Loch nan Uamh is also where the Young Pretender first stepped ashore on mainland Great Britain on 25 July 1745 and from where, in April 1746, he escaped to the Hebrides after the defeat of his forces at the Battle of Culloden. The cairn is constructed from local stone. Its plaque has an inscription in both Gaelic and English, which reads: A reir beul-aithris is ann bho 'n tràigh so an sheòl Am Prionnsa Tearlach air ais do 'n Fhraing. This cairn marks the traditional spot from which Prince Charles Edward Stuart embarked for France. 20th September 1746. Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart, born 31 December 1720, died 30 January 1788, was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of King James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain after 1766 as " Charles III ". During his lifetime, he was also known as the Young Pretender and the Young Chevalier; in popular memory, he is Bonnie Prince Charlie. He is best remembered for his role in the 1745 rising; his defeat at Culloden in April 1746 effectively ended the Stuart cause, and subsequent attempts failed to materialise, such as a planned French invasion in 1759. His escape from Scotland after the uprising led to his portrayal as a romantic figure of heroic failure. The Loch nan Uamh Viaduct is a railway viaduct that carries the West Highland Line. The viaduct crosses the Allt a' Mhama, or Mama Burn, just before it flows into Loch nan Uamh, a sea loch to the north of the Ardnish peninsula. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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