Jacobites march tonight!
It’s very short notice by the BBC, but apparently the Jacobites are marching on Nairn tonight!!
Team gears up for Jacobite march
A team is preparing to recreate the Jacobite night march of 15 April, 1746.
It is believed to be the first attempt to re-enact the trek from Culloden to the outskirts of Nairn on the same date and at about the same start time.
A few thousand men drawn from Bonnie Prince Charlie’s forces tried, but failed, to launch a surprise attack against Hanoverian camp.
With time running out, the Jacobites turned back for Culloden just miles short of their objective.
The modern day march will be led by archaeologist Dr Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and an expert on Culloden.
Members of re-enactment group Battlescar will also be on the march.
They are expected to gather at Culloden House – Prince Charlie’s former headquarters and now a hotel – from 1800 BST on Wednesday.
Will be interesting to see how far they get, and an absolute shame that we’re not more prepared for this – it’s a typical example of how a co-ordinated tourist effort could have benefited from this, but instead it becomes a minor feature on the Beeb website.
In the meantime, I’m having a bugger of a time trying to find any information on this – the Twitter account mentioned just links back to the BBC, with no updates.
Perhaps, in the meantime, someone may spot an odd Jacobite or two wandering the outskirts of Nairn. Shame we didn’t have a chance to welcome them in!
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You need to read the gurn Brian, the march was mentioned weeks ago
Heh, I remember reading about it being planned a few weeks back on the BBC site, but I hadn’t realised they’d set a date!
i am surprised that such a nostalgic event is not well advertised i cant for love or money find any information as to the timing of the event my daughter did a project on the jacobites for her school and i am sure she would of loved to see this event !