The Glenfinnan Monument, Lochaber, Highlands, Scotland

The Glenfinnan Monument

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The Glenfinnan Monument sits at the end of the huge sea loch of Loch Sheil.

Erected in 1815, it marks the site where, 70 years earlier, Bonnie Prince Charlie had arrived in mainland Scotland and raised his standard, claiming the British throne in the name of his father James Stuart. From here, he would march to Edinburgh, taking it with ease, before taking his army of Highland clansmen south as far as Derby. His retreat back north was to end, eight months later, in disaster on Culloden Moor near Inverness.

The monument was commissioned by Alexander MacDonald of Glenaladale, and designed by the architect James Gillespie Graham. The statue on the top, added by John Greensheilds in 1835, was supposed to have been Bonnie Prince Charlie himself, but is now referred to simply as an anonymous Highlander.

The location of the monument was possible because a new road had been constructed between Fort William and Arisaig by the Scottish engineer, Thomas Telford. Opened in 1812, it is now the A830.

The Rising is commemorated when Jacobite enthusiasts gather on the 19th August each year at the monument.