That is the pictish tribes you hear they fought for there land called pict land I'm pictish always not Scottish

Aye .

So true

There were just as many Scots on the government side.

@@Bruce-1956 naw there wisnae

You do realise this battle was part of a wider conflict across the continent? It wasn't English Vs Scot as most nationalists want to believe.

@@skylar7740 it was a fight against the union and whats a nationalists either your scottish or not

@@daviddaly6419 it wasn't, it was a fight to put a Catholic on the throne of England and Scotland instead of a protestant head. The Jacobites were made up from many English as well, particularly from Lancashire and the North West of England.

@@stevezodiac491 it's the picts I'm interested in they were from Shetland down to Orkney all the pictish sites on the East Coast what was called pict land and down to Lancashire it was the king that was called scot so when the tribes United called it Scotland, anyway i am from. The pictish tribes the picts will never die in me. You called them English, but the heritage is pictish because they lived in what its now called Lancashire and i have the evidence

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It is arguable that James Francis Edward Stuart was the legitimate monarch. He was in the direct line from his father James II and VII. Further, no argument can be made to excuse the Butcher’s atrocities after Culloden.

@@alistairbain6149 Following a bloody civil war, there was partial 'democracy' in 1688, so the monarch was, whoever parliament decided he/she should be. Since Cromwell, English and British monarchs have ruled by consent, not divine right. There's little factual evidence of Cumberland's 'atrocities'. Treason carries the death penalty which may explain why many of the wounded were killed after the battle. Records show that 3,471 Jacobites were taken prisoner, of which just 120 were executed (1/3rd being British deserters). About 1,000 were released and 1,000 were deported. Some 400 were exchanged for French PoW's and the fate of about 700 is not known but they are thought to have escaped and returned to the Highlands (Government embarrassment precluded recording this). The factual records do not support "the Butcher's atrocities" although I'm sure there were many injustices.

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@D M And yet you cannot think of an articulate response to rebut his suggestion. Looks like you have no idea what you are talking about either way. Thanks.

It was also part of a larger conflict across the continent. There's a guy on here (Scotland History Tours) who tells the real story about this battle. It's not this mythology that it's Scots Vs English.

That was the plan all along , to get rid of the clan system . I'm not even sure Charlie wasn't in on it .

Ready! Aye Ready!

Mate, my mother was a McGillivray and some of her ancestors fell at Culloden. Grüße aus Australien

@@peterfromgw4615 My Mother a Mac Donald!