Some people say , no such thing as ghosts, if you do not believe in them you will not see one, I have seen quite a few and have never been to frightend, and I would love to visit culloden
I've visited Culloden several times since the 1990s. In 1994, I was standing on a platform overlooking the battle site. Jacobite line to the left, Duke of Cumberland's forces to the right. There were a few other visitors on the platform too, but they started wandering off to another area. As they did so, I started to hear battle noises swelling up. It sounded like they were coming from the right side (redcoats). Shouts, cries, swords clashing, but no muskets, cannons, or bagpipes. I asked the one remaining person on the platform if he heard the noises, but he said no, and then he left. The battle noises continued for perhaps a couple of minutes, then faded away. I had not been a big believer in this sort of thing, so I wondered if there were speakers hidden in the undergrowth. I went back to the visitors center and asked them about this. She looked at me like I was nuts, and said there were no speakers out there. 🤔 I have not heard battle noises during any of my other visits. I'll never forget it.
In 2018 I went to Culloden Moor with a group of tourists (Flix Bus) & there is still a crackle in the air. There was a young lad of about 4 years old running through the field with a Scottish flag, it was so poignant I took a picture. The child ran very far & then stopped & looked up a bit as if someone was there. I thought he had gotten tired at first... anyway he turned back toward the rest of us then slowly headed back with his wee flag. I got home & printed out the picture to see if I could see anything but, there was nothing my camera captured. That doesn't mean I don't think he met someone out there. I felt sure he had been listening to someone that we could not see. Edited to correct it was "Haggis Tours".
I think that he saw a soul from way back telling him: this is a dangerous place, you’re too young, go back to your Mummy. May those souls find peace and may the world find it too. ❤
I did visit this most infamous battle site Oct 2023 and now after hearing this story my prayers go out to those whose lives were lost that day that their souls be at peace for ever more.
As a descendant of one of the Clans at Culloden I have been on the moor a number of times and it always has an atmosphere. This was especially so one time i was there early on a misty, damp winter morning with no one else around except for my partner. As we rambled around the moor the air was heavy with a feeling of dread. It got so bad at one point that we turned round and left. There are definitely lost souls on the battlefield.
My late husband and I went to Culloden in 2000. We are from Australia and travelled as much as we could while in the UK. Our families history is Scottish and Irish. My hubby took a photo of me sitting under a tree just outside of the tourist office. We actually took two. The other was the same tree and Heather. When those photos were printed, the one with me in it had the faces of two men. One with a beard and long hair with braids and the other with a high sharp collar wearing a uniform. No colour. Well, I couldn't believe what I was seeing !
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I visited Culloden back in the early 80s after reading the history of the battle. I am English but felt so moved by the place I wrote one word in the visitors book-"SORRY". I still have a musket ball I picked up close to the English lines,probably not from the battle but something I will never part with.
It wasn’t a Scotland vEngland battle. It was a civil war. Government against Jacobite. Scots fought on both sides and some English/ Irish and a few French fought on the Jacobite side.
Brilliant as usual! The way you edit is incredible? Thanks for the recount?! I served in the British Army for 16 years, and to my knowledge no unit that fought against the Jacobites kept the title of “Culloden” as a battle honour, even to this day, I recommend reading John Prebbles account of the battle and the terrible atrocities carried out by Government troops, in the midst of the rout, Falkirk and Prestonpans had shown that the Jacobites could beat British regulars, sadly they were doomed as soon as they set foot on Drumossie Moor, a perfect setting to displace the effectiveness of the famed Highland charge, Many lay horribly wounded for over a day, until despatched by bayonet or the brass butt plate of the Brown Bess.Occasionally I’ll visit, with my mum, and when we do we lay Heather at the Fraser grave site, mums maiden name. An eeriness/sadness prevails over that place, whether you believe in the supernatural or not.
I will do. Have you watched Culloden from 1964? Its a bit dated in bits but a really interesting take on it and highlights how shocking the decision was to make the stand their given the successes they'd had previously. Thank you again for sharing your story.
@@eerieedinburgh Yes a few times? Very realistic effects? Banned by the Beeb for a number of years? My old headmaster of Merkinch Primary School in Inverness, was an extra in the film, Murdo Campbell was quite a character, taught in a lot of the north of Scotland and was a fluent Gaelic speaker, and advocate for Gaelic heritage. He pops up a few times, towards the end when the Jacobites are routed? Wild hair sticking out under the bonnet! He looks so young, he was a giant of a man, and was very scary when I was 6!! Thanks again, for putting the story on YT!! Have a fab Christmas.🙏🏻
What Man can do to his own!! It fills my heart with unfathomable grief. I recall the Glencoe massacre when brothers sat around the same tables for days with the atrocious outcome that we all know. My grand parents were Highlanders and the sound of the pipes always fill me with awe and despair at the same time. Glad I live in our time of peace.
thank you for your family story and sympathy for your mum's historial loss - my research has also revealed that the name Jacobite refers to supporters of the deposed Stuart kings of England and Scotland (from Jacobus, Latin for James) in the first half of the 18th century. In 1715 and again in 1745, attempts were made to restore the Stuart line, but these were supported by only a small minority of Scots. The vast majority of Scots, who were staunchly Protestant, were violently opposed to the restoration of a Catholic monarch. The Battle of Culloden is so often portrayed as an English victory over the Scots. It was no such thing. There were more Scots ( mostly lowlanders) fighting for the British government than there were on the Jacobite side. I'm a firm believer that especially in times of extreme violence souls do become earthbound - the entire history of this conflict and Scottish resistance must never be lost!
I first heard about this sad day in history decades ago in school... in a wee village in the Bavarian alpine region. Since I have always been a history nut and my dad read me about historical events from an age when other kids listened to fairy tales, I was used to hearing of battles and losses, sword fights and battle cries - but this was different. I remember I sat at my desk in school with tears rolling down my cheeks and the other kids laughing at me. I was so deeply touched by all the pain that came over Scotland on this very day. My dad had to answer lots and lots of questions - he wasn't an expert on Scottish history so he took me to the public library where we searched for whatever we found about Scotland and about this battle. Yes, I'm that old - in my days we couldn't just google things, very often we waited for weeks for a certain book to arrive at the library or to get it in a bookstore... no amazon either back then... The more we read and discussed the deeper our interest and the more questions came up. Dad and I did a lot of "history stuff" together about different times and different regions but Scotland was always special to me and still is today. I'm still hoping to live to see Alba independent as she deserves to be. Thank you so much for telling this sad story, make it available to people all over the world. These brave men mustn't be forgotten, the pain and the despair all over Scotland... it still touches me and I'm still swallowing hard listening to a Scottish voice telling this story. My region here in Bavaria is also called the Oberland - the Highlands... in a way this makes me a Highlander 😀 is it any wonder Scotland and especially the Highlands have a special place in my heart? My Gaelic sucks, though no matter how much I'm trying - still, I really enjoy learning. Too bad there's nobody anywhere near who'd have a single word of Gaelic. Yes, I am a bit crazy if it is a kind of crazy to love a country that's not one's own so deeply. 🙋🏻♀all the best. Lisa
I also am an elder and have been fascinated with Scotland and its history for years (no scottish blood to my knowledge) - thank goodness today for apps such as google that gives us so much more historical information of the castles, clans, highlanders (their resistance against english rule and its banishment of the Gaelic, their banishment to america, etc), lowlanders (who spoke english, supported england) - there is a best selling author Kathryn Le Veque who with years of research has written a multitude of novels that incorporate scottish/highlander history, I'm fascinated with her books and her explanations of the factual portions weaved into each 😊
@@battles146 Here comes a Happy New Year wish from the Bavarian Highlands. Tank you for suggesting these books. I'll check them out. I'm in a sickbed and have been for five years now... Watching YT videos, listening to audiobooks and reading is what keeps me "going". You may very well have given me hours of distraction which is a very nice thing in my life. All the best 🙋🏻♀Lisa
You Gaelic Scots have a similar history as us NATIVE Americans. At least until after this battle….. also what is that fiddle piece I hear in this? Beautiful!
You gave me chills when you started the video by naming the clans. First Cameron, then Macintosh. My 3rd great grandfather was the grandson of the Cameron chief, and he married (early 1800's) the daughter of the Macintosh chief. Sadly they both died young and their five children lived at the Cameron chief's home, Achnacarry Castle. During the highland clearance, all the children emigrated to Canada. Great videos, thanks very much. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you so much for a wonderful upload. Sent chills down my spine as it reminded me the first time I went to Culloden. It was a very misty dawn day. I swear to this day that the sound of bagpipes was deafening and as I walked across the moor I saw a solitary man. Being used to hearing bagpipes calling the sheep in I thought nothing of it or him. But when rejoining my friends in my car they all said how eerily quiet it was. No one else heard the bagpipes or saw the man in a traditional dress slowly walking across the moor.. I have been back many times and always at dawn.
I am an American who is half Scottish and half English with a wee bit of Norwegian, French and German thrown into the mix. Although I live across the ocean, I am trying to learn the history of my ancestors. Thank you for this lovingly written video. Cheryl, from South Carolina.
@@eerieedinburgh outnumbered and outgunned… These men (and probably some would’ve been considered boys now) were unbelievable. Forged in a different fire
Strange. I've never really understood why this battle/ slaughter has saddened me. I feel it must be within my blood literally. From long dead ancestors, that stirs my blood in a deep and spiritual sensation. Don't want to be going on bout this. The Kidd,s
I had the honor and privilege to see Culloden . There is something mystical and it gives off a feeling of stillness and sadness. My heart breaks to think people died for their beliefs and strong convictions. I love Scottland and if I had one wish it would be to live there. ❤️🏴🙏. I am bless to have a sister by heart that is Scottish and have seen some amazing places there. I’ll be back, have been there three times now.
I got an EVP on Culloden Battlefield. It wasn’t a voice, but rather marching in mud- many many people marching in mud and it was a hot dry August day when I got the EVP.
I visited Culloden as a child - I think I was in my early teens. I didn't know much about the history at all, but there was a deeply disturbing feel to the place. I was actually scared, and it gave me such a sense of deep sadness. I've never felt like that anywhere else. It remains very clear in my memory 50 years later.
I have no Scottish heritage at all. Yet, I am disturbed that no living person tried to reach out to those on the battlefield. Yes, it is frightening, startling in the moment, and they are beyond mortal help. But I would like to think that I would try to comfort a dying soldier.
Back in the seventies my family holidayed in a caravan ( farmhouse ) close to Culloden . I am Clan Robertson . We visited the site of Culloden Moor . It has a very somber air about it . Whilst there my dad ( big guy who died years ago) spotted a man scraping in the earth with a stick . Holiday maker . English bloke ( No offence to the English , I married an English guy and have two sons born in England ) . My Dad said ' Best you don't do that , our Scottish bones are not buried too deep ' . The burial sites are shallow as they are mass graveHHs . Guy stopped poking around . Scottish history is complicated . Our loss at Culloden eventually led to the formation of the British Army ! History is amazing and complicated . I am half Scottish and half German 😶 My brother is ex British Army my youngest son is in the British army . History is amazing and complicated . Thank You for the video . Tried to comment yesterday but You Tube said Noooo ❤
I'm of Scottish/Irish blood and have visited Culloden while on my last visit to Scotland. The ground, the wind, the stones, even the water all hold the stillness and sadness. And it makes the heart weep deeper still. I heard a piper while there in the earlier hours of the morning as it was quieter, and it only hit home so much more poignantly. The very essence of the men knowing that their fates were sealed echo throughout the battlefield.
I think a lot about our brave highland clans who faught and died to keep what was theirs. And chose death rather than relinquish it. Its the true spirit of the scottish. Now their clan names are just a whisper of the past. Their surviving members scattered throughout globe. They didnt deserve that fate.
I had hoped someone would upload a ghost story for Christmas and as always Mr. Eerie didn't disappoint. It did leave me feeling a bit sad, but the ghosts are there so that we do not forget.
We are one island and should never have fought eachother. Scottish, English, Irish and Welsh, we came together to fight a greater enemy. This video hurts my soul, so much loss.
When i visited Culloden it was raining and heavily overcast with mist rolling in limiting visibility to a few feet and making the whole place very eerie and imposing.
Yes there is a deep sadness in this place. Once when i was there looking at the graves i felt as if there was someone behind me and i stepped forward to let them pass as i turned round there was no one there, to this day i still believe it was a spirit
Excellent video and really beautiful footage. Culloden always feels to me like the saddest event in modern times. Apart from the terrible political defeat Culloden also ravaged the families with the unfathomable loss of generations of their men.
Completely changed Scotland. The act of proscription after the battle basically crushed the clan system. I often wonder what Scotland would be like if the Jacobites were victorious.
Sure I would’ve mentioned it to you but, when walking Culloden as a healthy teenager (that was a few years ago!) I was suddenly struck by crippling sharp pain the ran from between the neck and shoulder, diagonally down, across my torso. The pain was so intense I couldn’t breathe or tell my family what I was feeling.After what felt like an age I was able to take a few steps and the pain immediately ceased. Have yersel’ a merry Christmas and a happy Hogmanay🥃.
I love the way you recreate these stories and your crew act them out - it really brings them to life. Culloden, of course, is the one engagement which, by tacit agreement, never appears on the battle honours of the English regiments concerned. One thing puzzles me; I've visited battlefields from Shrewsbury south along the Marches and 'in Flanders fields' and never 'felt' anything; nor do the places seem to have much record of hauntings. Indeed the Great War produced very few, if any such tales. So what is it about certain places, like Culloden, Gettysburg or Antietam that makes them so prolific in regard to shosts? Serious question, to which I don't know the answer
Good question. Is it possibly more about the impact after the battle? Culloden changed Scotland and Britain for ever, same could be said for Gettysburg and the US (also the world on the grander scheme of things). Antietam, if i'm correct, was an incredibly bloody battle? And gave Lincoln the conditions he needed to announce the Emancipation Proclamation (don't quote me that though 😄). Have you heard of the battle of Edgehill? Thats another famous, also incredible story of a haunted battle ground. Oh, and Killiecrankie is said to be haunted also 😊
@@eerieedinburgh NZer here - wonderful video! I've heard of the Battle of Edgehill. I remember seeing that there were spectral replays of the battle in the sky there for many months afterward - so much so that a government official was apparently sent to investigate. IIRC, he not only saw the spectral battle but recognised one of his friends! It's apparently the only occurrence of ghostly activity officialy recorded in UK government records.
I wept. This piece was beautiful and very moving. I think in the telling of this particular tale you did the fallen a kind of justice, and you’ve given them back a slice of their honour. Merry Christmas and safe, prosperous and very happy new year. Blessings.
Thank you for the time and effort that you put into creating your interesting videos and for sharing them with us. For a girl from Skye, now living on the other side of the world, they are a pleasure to watch, sending you hugs from New Zealand. 💕 ^^
Your work only gets better. I have been interested in ghosts for 35+ years and seen countless videos and documentaries. Some atmospheric, straightforward and most importantly, respectful. Others... less so. You're firmly in the former camp, and among the best i have seen. Thank you.
And again you have produced a great masterpiece of entertainment. A well written introduction containing interesting facts, followed up with eyewitness accounts that make it easy to imagine being there in person. Thank you very much and have a great Christmas!
Well deserved, good sir. Unfortunately, the Dutch do not use the clan system but I guess I can consider my brethren from the armed forces my clan. Nothing we won’t do for each other. And please believe us when we say these stories are real, most of us have seen or heard echoes from tragedies past. The feeling of being observed, figures staring at you from afar that do not have heat signatures, voices and sounds from events past. I wholeheartedly believe the testimonies from the witnesses, no one asks for this to happen to them. They just do, even to the non- believers.
@@eerieedinburgh yes, if you’re forced to be vigilant for long periods of time you’ll notice a lot more. My sincere regards to your father, probably co-responsible for teaching us how to stay safe. I’ve learned a lot from British specialist operators in joined operations.
Another great video. When I was 18 I went to Culloden in the hope of seeing or hearing something eerie. Sadly I did not experience anything. However it was very cold, misty and wet so it was not hard to imagine the horrors of the battle. I hope and yours have a lovely festive season.
Being of McGregor descent I visited Culloden and walked the battlefield. I found myself greatly emotional and felt surrounded by past ghosts. Congrats a well produced doco.
Wonderful, haunting video, everything blends perfectly, narration, music, and graphics. I was so caught up, it seemed to over in just a few minutes. Thank you!
I was surprised on visiting the battlefield to learn that there were ultimately more Scots in arms against Prince Charles Edward than there were for him and the Redcoat army was comprised of many Scottish troops.
My family fought there ! We are clan Stuart , this was our last gasp to take back the crown ! Our cause and our Clans and our brother Jacobites gone but never forgotten ! ❤️👍❤️💔💔💔💔💔😰
I live in Tranent the pans are not far away from battle site. Question in your opinion where would you bury the dead in September 1745. We know coronal Gardiner was laid to rest at Tranent churchyard
@@oldgraveyardhistoryinscotl9818 i think officers would likely have been given a proper burial, but the regular soldier would likely have been buried where they fell. Just reminded me of a reputed grave near Killiecrankie where a man called Brigadier Balfour is buried. He fought on the government side and is apparently buried where he was killed. That's some 50 years earlier though.
@@eerieedinburgh you think this would have been answered but far as I know not much of the dead was found would be nice to given them a place where we can manorial. Still a mystery to this day plenty of ploughing had been done over the centuries and most of the land is still used for farming. The battle field has been extensively explored by mentalist only tangible fragments have been found.
I woke up this morning after dreaming about a white cockade. I'm American, so The Battle of Culloden is not something I think of with any regularity. Very strange, but I suppose I was visited by a Highland ancestor, to remind me of why am here.
I've been on the moor at midnight. While I did not experience anything supernatural, the mist and darkness made the experience very evocative and the sadness of the place was palpable. It was enough to to make a brave man cry. We toured the entire site in the darkness and it is one of the most profound experiences of my life.
I am not at all surprised its haunted what a waste of all those lives and the misery to there loved ones😢. Honestly can you get any better I love this channel ❤
excellent and beautiful haunting video! the entire history of Scotland's résistance to English rule and religious dominance is fascinating and also heartbreaking in many ways - the name Jacobite refers to supporters of the deposed Stuart kings of England and Scotland ( from Jacobus, Latin for James) in the first half of the 18th century. In 1715 and again in 1745, attempts were made to restore the Stuart line, but these were supported by only a small minority of Scots. The vast majority of Scots, who were staunchly Protestant, were violently opposed to the restoration of a Catholic monarch. The Battle of Culloden is so often portrayed as an English victory over the Scots. It was no such thing. There were more Scots ( mostly lowlanders) fighting for the British government than there were on the Jacobite side. The English supported the Protestants to establish their dominance over a largely Catholic country. The Scottish Highlanders were forbidden to speak their Gaelic language or wear their national dress, and large numbers were forcibly driven out of their homeland. With the final loss of the Jacobites in 1746 the British Government banned everything related to Highland culture. This included Scottish Gaelic and was what would begin to lead it to near extinction. Many of Scottish Highland clans descended from the original three kindreds that migrated to Argyll in the fifth century. Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished by England to the American colonies for political, religious, or claimed criminal offenses. The first organized group of Highlanders came to North Carolina in 1739. 350 people from Argyllshire journeyed to Wilmington and up the Cape Fear River to settle in what became Cumberland County. The states today with the largest populations of either Scottish or Scotch Irish ancestral origin: California - 677,055 (1.7% of state population) Texas - 628,610 (2.8%) North Carolina - 475,322 (4.5%) (history is now easy to research)
I sadly don't know as much as I should about my Scottish ancestry, but I have been working on that. Words though cannot express what this made me feel from the depths of my soul! I am in tears and covered in goose pimples even as I try to type this out. Thank you for sharing this!
Great narration of a sad sad day in Scottish history, thankyou for the reading.😢on a happier note, have a Merry Christmas and happy New year to you and your family. 🎉🥃🎁
I have been to Culloden many times and have only had a one time experience. I was walking with my daughter not far from the monument and thought i had splashed water up the back of my leg. I exclaimed and my daughter said what wrong? I told her and when she checked there was no water, puddle, just a super cold sensation. She gave me a look like I was deranged and walked off 😂
A very sad bit of history that I heard a little bit about way over here in Canuckland. Apparently I had ancestors who fought there but would never claim Scottish background. One a completely different note, you showed some beautiful scenery at the end of the video, can you hike there or is it protected land? I don't mean any disrespect with that question.
So, In Scotland we have a right to roam,which means you can pretty much walk anywhere. Which is great 👍🏻 I think the bit you refer to is the Isle of Skye, the Quiraing if memory serves and yep - car park right at the foot of the hill. Beautiful spot.
Many clans continue to exist today in Scotland and around the world. Clan surnames have spread beyond Scotland's borders and there are various events whereby members get together to celebrate their heritage.
I have wished for years that they had never turned back at Derby They might just have won the day. The Stuart boyo was a more attractive proposition than the Hanovarians. Having said that, we would never have had our late Queen.
The supposed 30000 men british army close to london was fake though. Imagine if the jacobites hadnt retreated and instead won london over, what the world would be like now?
I live 10 miles from Culloden, I'm descended from Fraser's and Mackintosh's. I frequently drive past the battlefield, when i was younger the road used to run right through the battlefield past the big cairn. The road was moved to go around rather than through. There was Scots fighting for and against the English (sassenach's).
I went for an evening walk with my family about 10 years ago. It was summertime, and the light was fading. We started to hear really sad music 🎶 drift over the battlefield, which was spooky 👻. It actually sounded French like ! It was just us , a local Inverness Highlander family. The visitor centre was long shut up for the night. 😮 No other persons around except us 4 ! My wife is a MacPherson and I am Matheson clan.
The outcome of the battle was decided long before the Clans charged. The government artillery had already done much of the work as the Highlanders stood waiting for their Prince to give them the order to charge. The Jacobite's own artillery was all but useless, having no ammunition for most of its guns, due to the blundering of their drunken quartermaster. A flat, treeless plain was completely the wrong ground for the Highlanders and perfect for the Government cavalry and artillery. Again this was the doing of Quartermaster O,Sullivan who had chosen the ground.
My Granny & Grandad Hendry moved to Clava Cottages very close to Drummossie Muir in 1969, where the battle of Culloden Moor took place, my parents & my brothers Stuart, Graham & myself visited them as often as possible. I remember Mum telling me that Dad & her visited the moor very late one evening, Mum said the chill that went through her was quite unsettling to say the least. Mum said it felt like a place of terrible tragedy & foreboding & said to my Dad, Ian, let's go back please. I never asked the old man about it, knowing Dad though, he probably said, get a grip Liz (Elizabeth). Lol Aye, I could hear him saying that, never a man to believe in hauntings or spirits. However, I know my Mum & I believe her to the core. I must go back again, it's been a lang time since I was last there. Alba gu bràth! (Scotland forever) The blood is strong.
The battle should never have happened. He led to ethnic cleansing and sorrow. The whole episode was futile and little thought out. We have shortbread tins full of the pictures of this Stuart prince. He was no hero he was one of the foremost villains to grace Scots history. He was a sad page in Scots history.
Hi love these ,if Gettysburg can be haunted ,im sure Culloden is too ,please post more soon ,
Some people say , no such thing as ghosts, if you do not believe in them you will not see one, I have seen quite a few and have never been to frightend, and I would love to visit culloden
I've visited Culloden several times since the 1990s. In 1994, I was standing on a platform overlooking the battle site. Jacobite line to the left, Duke of Cumberland's forces to the right. There were a few other visitors on the platform too, but they started wandering off to another area. As they did so, I started to hear battle noises swelling up. It sounded like they were coming from the right side (redcoats). Shouts, cries, swords clashing, but no muskets, cannons, or bagpipes. I asked the one remaining person on the platform if he heard the noises, but he said no, and then he left. The battle noises continued for perhaps a couple of minutes, then faded away. I had not been a big believer in this sort of thing, so I wondered if there were speakers hidden in the undergrowth. I went back to the visitors center and asked them about this. She looked at me like I was nuts, and said there were no speakers out there. 🤔 I have not heard battle noises during any of my other visits. I'll never forget it.
I can well imagine the look you got! What a wonderful experience.
An amazing tv series "OUTLANDER" takes one thru a totaly realistic journey of this event, i was in awe of the acting/visuals.
In 2018 I went to Culloden Moor with a group of tourists (Flix Bus) & there is still a crackle in the air. There was a young lad of about 4 years old running through the field with a Scottish flag, it was so poignant I took a picture. The child ran very far & then stopped & looked up a bit as if someone was there. I thought he had gotten tired at first... anyway he turned back toward the rest of us then slowly headed back with his wee flag. I got home & printed out the picture to see if I could see anything but, there was nothing my camera captured. That doesn't mean I don't think he met someone out there. I felt sure he had been listening to someone that we could not see. Edited to correct it was "Haggis Tours".
Wonderful story, thank you for sharing.
I think that he saw a soul from way back telling him: this is a dangerous place, you’re too young, go back to your Mummy.
May those souls find peace and may the world find it too. ❤
Young children often are able to see souls that have passed.
@@littleredwitch Yes, I thought it was something like that. xx
You think? Please tell us more..@brendamccormick8800
I did visit this most infamous battle site Oct 2023 and now after hearing this story my prayers go out to those whose lives were lost that day that their souls be at peace for ever more.
As a descendant of one of the Clans at Culloden I have been on the moor a number of times and it always has an atmosphere. This was especially so one time i was there early on a misty, damp winter morning with no one else around except for my partner. As we rambled around the moor the air was heavy with a feeling of dread. It got so bad at one point that we turned round and left. There are definitely lost souls on the battlefield.
My late husband and I went to Culloden in 2000. We are from Australia and travelled as much as we could while in the UK. Our families history is Scottish and Irish. My hubby took a photo of me sitting under a tree just outside of the tourist office. We actually took two. The other was the same tree and Heather. When those photos were printed, the one with me in it had the faces of two men. One with a beard and long hair with braids and the other with a high sharp collar wearing a uniform. No colour. Well, I couldn't believe what I was seeing !
And where is it ??????
GENOCIDE BY GEORGE THE GERMAN ,LETS NOT FORGET THE MURDERS AND RAPES ALL COMITTED AFTER THE BATTLE FOR 2 YEARS AFTER AT LEAST.
UK is not a country
@@saorsa5 The United Kingdom is a sovereign nation that exists as a political union between the countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These countries, while they do have their own local governments and autonomy, are not considered sovereign nations. This means that, for example, the government of Scotland cannot negotiate international treaties or declare war.
England is one of the four countries, along with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that make up the sovereign nation of the UK. In fact, the union of these nations is what the United in United Kingdom refers to. Like the other three countries of the UK, England is not a sovereign state and cannot participate in international affairs by itself. Prior to the existence of the UK and the British Empire, England was a sovereign monarchy ruled by the same royal family that continues to act as the constitutional monarchs of the UK today.
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I visited Culloden back in the early 80s after reading the history of the battle.
I am English but felt so moved by the place I wrote one word in the visitors book-"SORRY".
I still have a musket ball I picked up close to the English lines,probably not from the battle but something I will never part with.
It wasn’t a Scotland vEngland battle. It was a civil war. Government against Jacobite. Scots fought on both sides and some English/ Irish and a few French fought on the Jacobite side.
@@drewrobertson3301 Want to tell me something I don,t know?
@@johnwarren1445 It appears I just have.
Brilliant as usual! The way you edit is incredible? Thanks for the recount?! I served in the British Army for 16 years, and to my knowledge no unit that fought against the Jacobites kept the title of “Culloden” as a battle honour, even to this day, I recommend reading John Prebbles account of the battle and the terrible atrocities carried out by Government troops, in the midst of the rout, Falkirk and Prestonpans had shown that the Jacobites could beat British regulars, sadly they were doomed as soon as they set foot on Drumossie Moor, a perfect setting to displace the effectiveness of the famed Highland charge, Many lay horribly wounded for over a day, until despatched by bayonet or the brass butt plate of the Brown Bess.Occasionally I’ll visit, with my mum, and when we do we lay Heather at the Fraser grave site, mums maiden name. An eeriness/sadness prevails over that place, whether you believe in the supernatural or not.
I will do. Have you watched Culloden from 1964? Its a bit dated in bits but a really interesting take on it and highlights how shocking the decision was to make the stand their given the successes they'd had previously. Thank you again for sharing your story.
@@eerieedinburgh Yes a few times? Very realistic effects? Banned by the Beeb for a number of years? My old headmaster of Merkinch Primary School in Inverness, was an extra in the film, Murdo Campbell was quite a character, taught in a lot of the north of Scotland and was a fluent Gaelic speaker, and advocate for Gaelic heritage. He pops up a few times, towards the end when the Jacobites are routed? Wild hair sticking out under the bonnet! He looks so young, he was a giant of a man, and was very scary when I was 6!! Thanks again, for putting the story on YT!! Have a fab Christmas.🙏🏻
@@alexwilliamson1486 And you my friend, Merry Christmas.
What Man can do to his own!! It fills my heart with unfathomable grief. I recall the Glencoe massacre when brothers sat around the same tables for days with the atrocious outcome that we all know.
My grand parents were Highlanders and the sound of the pipes always fill me with awe and despair at the same time.
Glad I live in our time of peace.
thank you for your family story and sympathy for your mum's historial loss - my research has also revealed that the name Jacobite refers to supporters of the deposed Stuart kings of England and Scotland (from Jacobus, Latin for James) in the first half of the 18th century. In 1715 and again in 1745, attempts were made to restore the Stuart line, but these were supported by only a small minority of Scots. The vast majority of Scots, who were staunchly Protestant, were violently opposed to the restoration of a Catholic monarch. The Battle of Culloden is so often portrayed as an English victory over the Scots. It was no such thing. There were more Scots ( mostly lowlanders) fighting for the British government than there were on the Jacobite side. I'm a firm believer that especially in times of extreme violence souls do become earthbound - the entire history of this conflict and Scottish resistance must never be lost!
I first heard about this sad day in history decades ago in school... in a wee village in the Bavarian alpine region. Since I have always been a history nut and my dad read me about historical events from an age when other kids listened to fairy tales, I was used to hearing of battles and losses, sword fights and battle cries - but this was different. I remember I sat at my desk in school with tears rolling down my cheeks and the other kids laughing at me. I was so deeply touched by all the pain that came over Scotland on this very day. My dad had to answer lots and lots of questions - he wasn't an expert on Scottish history so he took me to the public library where we searched for whatever we found about Scotland and about this battle. Yes, I'm that old - in my days we couldn't just google things, very often we waited for weeks for a certain book to arrive at the library or to get it in a bookstore... no amazon either back then... The more we read and discussed the deeper our interest and the more questions came up. Dad and I did a lot of "history stuff" together about different times and different regions but Scotland was always special to me and still is today. I'm still hoping to live to see Alba independent as she deserves to be.
Thank you so much for telling this sad story, make it available to people all over the world. These brave men mustn't be forgotten, the pain and the despair all over Scotland... it still touches me and I'm still swallowing hard listening to a Scottish voice telling this story.
My region here in Bavaria is also called the Oberland - the Highlands... in a way this makes me a Highlander 😀 is it any wonder Scotland and especially the Highlands have a special place in my heart? My Gaelic sucks, though no matter how much I'm trying - still, I really enjoy learning. Too bad there's nobody anywhere near who'd have a single word of Gaelic. Yes, I am a bit crazy if it is a kind of crazy to love a country that's not one's own so deeply. 🙋🏻♀all the best. Lisa
I also am an elder and have been fascinated with Scotland and its history for years (no scottish blood to my knowledge) - thank goodness today for apps such as google that gives us so much more historical information of the castles, clans, highlanders (their resistance against english rule and its banishment of the Gaelic, their banishment to america, etc), lowlanders (who spoke english, supported england) - there is a best selling author Kathryn Le Veque who with years of research has written a multitude of novels that incorporate scottish/highlander history, I'm fascinated with her books and her explanations of the factual portions weaved into each 😊
@@battles146 Here comes a Happy New Year wish from the Bavarian Highlands. Tank you for suggesting these books. I'll check them out. I'm in a sickbed and have been for five years now... Watching YT videos, listening to audiobooks and reading is what keeps me "going". You may very well have given me hours of distraction which is a very nice thing in my life. All the best 🙋🏻♀Lisa
You Gaelic Scots have a similar history as us NATIVE Americans. At least until after this battle….. also what is that fiddle piece I hear in this? Beautiful!
You gave me chills when you started the video by naming the clans. First Cameron, then Macintosh. My 3rd great grandfather was the grandson of the Cameron chief, and he married (early 1800's) the daughter of the Macintosh chief. Sadly they both died young and their five children lived at the Cameron chief's home, Achnacarry Castle. During the highland clearance, all the children emigrated to Canada.
Great videos, thanks very much.
Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you so much for a wonderful upload. Sent chills down my spine as it reminded me the first time I went to Culloden. It was a very misty dawn day. I swear to this day that the sound of bagpipes was deafening and as I walked across the moor I saw a solitary man. Being used to hearing bagpipes calling the sheep in I thought nothing of it or him. But when rejoining my friends in my car they all said how eerily quiet it was. No one else heard the bagpipes or saw the man in a traditional dress slowly walking across the moor.. I have been back many times and always at dawn.
I am an American who is half Scottish and half English with a wee bit of Norwegian, French and German thrown into the mix. Although I live across the ocean, I am trying to learn the history of my ancestors. Thank you for this lovingly written video. Cheryl, from South Carolina.
Your arithmetic is awesome 😂
Such courageous souls.....many of whom already knew that day that their cause was lost. I am of Scottish descent....and this still hurts.
No doubt a lot of them knew their fate was sealed when the battlefield was chosen. Entirely wrong for terrain for a Highland army to fight on.
@@eerieedinburgh outnumbered and outgunned… These men (and probably some would’ve been considered boys now) were unbelievable. Forged in a different fire
Strange. I've never really understood why this battle/ slaughter has saddened me. I feel it must be within my blood literally. From long dead ancestors, that stirs my blood in a deep and spiritual sensation. Don't want to be going on bout this. The Kidd,s
I had the honor and privilege to see Culloden . There is something mystical and it gives off a feeling of stillness and sadness. My heart breaks to think people died for their beliefs and strong convictions. I love Scottland and if I had one wish it would be to live there. ❤️🏴🙏. I am bless to have a sister by heart that is Scottish and have seen some amazing places there. I’ll be back, have been there three times now.
This was not Scotland v England, it was the Highland Clans v the British Army.
I got an EVP on Culloden Battlefield. It wasn’t a voice, but rather marching in mud- many many people marching in mud and it was a hot dry August day when I got the EVP.
How can an EVP meter pick up footsteps?
@@MichaelSaunders-y2m it was a recorder and you could hear the marching.
I visited Culloden as a child - I think I was in my early teens. I didn't know much about the history at all, but there was a deeply disturbing feel to the place. I was actually scared, and it gave me such a sense of deep sadness. I've never felt like that anywhere else. It remains very clear in my memory 50 years later.
When visiting the battlefield at Gettysburg, my sister experienced overwhelming sadness in that place.
I have no Scottish heritage at all. Yet, I am disturbed that no living person tried to reach out to those on the battlefield. Yes, it is frightening, startling in the moment, and they are beyond mortal help. But I would like to think that I would try to comfort a dying soldier.
Even more sad is the knowledge that Charlie made off seeing the day was lost and many of the chiefs were either not present or safe in London.
Back in the seventies my family holidayed in a caravan ( farmhouse ) close to Culloden . I am Clan Robertson . We visited the site of Culloden Moor . It has a very somber air about it . Whilst there my dad ( big guy who died years ago) spotted a man scraping in the earth with a stick . Holiday maker . English bloke ( No offence to the English , I married an English guy and have two sons born in England ) . My Dad said ' Best you don't do that , our Scottish bones are not buried too deep ' . The burial sites are shallow as they are mass graveHHs . Guy stopped poking around . Scottish history is complicated . Our loss at Culloden eventually led to the formation of the British Army ! History is amazing and complicated . I am half Scottish and half German 😶 My brother is ex British Army my youngest son is in the British army . History is amazing and complicated . Thank You for the video . Tried to comment yesterday but You Tube said Noooo ❤
Thanks for sharing. I often wonder what we'd be like if Culloden was a Jacobite victory. How the clan system would have survived into modern day.
I'm of Scottish/Irish blood and have visited Culloden while on my last visit to Scotland. The ground, the wind, the stones, even the water all hold the stillness and sadness. And it makes the heart weep deeper still. I heard a piper while there in the earlier hours of the morning as it was quieter, and it only hit home so much more poignantly. The very essence of the men knowing that their fates were sealed echo throughout the battlefield.
The 'Scots-Irish' were lowland Scots with some northern English thrown in. No Gaelic connection whatsoever.
@@mikesaunders4775 I know. Thank you.
I think a lot about our brave highland clans who faught and died to keep what was theirs. And chose death rather than relinquish it. Its the true spirit of the scottish. Now their clan names are just a whisper of the past. Their surviving members scattered throughout globe. They didnt deserve that fate.
I had hoped someone would upload a ghost story for Christmas and as always Mr. Eerie didn't disappoint. It did leave me feeling a bit sad, but the ghosts are there so that we do not forget.
How would you feel if i told you i have another coming out on Christmas Eve? 😊
The battle started by clansmen being pounded by canon for over 30 minutes with no order to charge given.
We are one island and should never have fought eachother. Scottish, English, Irish and Welsh, we came together to fight a greater enemy. This video hurts my soul, so much loss.
Beautifully Tragic...
The artwork and filming of the landscape is beautiful!
When i visited Culloden it was raining and heavily overcast with mist rolling in limiting visibility to a few feet and making the whole place very eerie and imposing.
Yes there is a deep sadness in this place. Once when i was there looking at the graves i felt as if there was someone behind me and i stepped forward to let them pass as i turned round there was no one there, to this day i still believe it was a spirit
Excellent video and really beautiful footage. Culloden always feels to me like the saddest event in modern times. Apart from the terrible political defeat Culloden also ravaged the families with the unfathomable loss of generations of their men.
Completely changed Scotland. The act of proscription after the battle basically crushed the clan system. I often wonder what Scotland would be like if the Jacobites were victorious.
Thanks million for all Beautiful Story
Tragic and eye-opening. An account that captured my attention and imagination. Thank you.
Thoroughly enjoyed this,thank you👍
My pleasure 😊 glad you enjoyed it.
Sure I would’ve mentioned it to you but, when walking Culloden as a healthy teenager (that was a few years ago!) I was suddenly struck by crippling sharp pain the ran from between the neck and shoulder, diagonally down, across my torso. The pain was so intense I couldn’t breathe or tell my family what I was feeling.After what felt like an age I was able to take a few steps and the pain immediately ceased. Have yersel’ a merry Christmas and a happy Hogmanay🥃.
Oh that's weird, like you were feeling the pain of a wound? Merry Christmas to you too, my friend.
@@eerieedinburgh reckon so, like a plunging stab wound ( it really fuggn hurt! And I’ve never experienced the same thing again).
@@billyaitken7461 That's crazy!
I am a Fraser. I am proud of my clan. Bless all those who died that day.
Thanks For Another Great Video Thanks From Blue
I lost 3 ancestors at Culloden. A father and 2 sons.
It breaks my heart.
Szadkoski?
Men you're old
@@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373 Ever heard of marriage or immigration???
I love the way you recreate these stories and your crew act them out - it really brings them to life. Culloden, of course, is the one engagement which, by tacit agreement, never appears on the battle honours of the English regiments concerned.
One thing puzzles me; I've visited battlefields from Shrewsbury south along the Marches and 'in Flanders fields' and never 'felt' anything; nor do the places seem to have much record of hauntings. Indeed the Great War produced very few, if any such tales. So what is it about certain places, like Culloden, Gettysburg or Antietam that makes them so prolific in regard to shosts? Serious question, to which I don't know the answer
Good question. Is it possibly more about the impact after the battle? Culloden changed Scotland and Britain for ever, same could be said for Gettysburg and the US (also the world on the grander scheme of things). Antietam, if i'm correct, was an incredibly bloody battle? And gave Lincoln the conditions he needed to announce the Emancipation Proclamation (don't quote me that though 😄). Have you heard of the battle of Edgehill? Thats another famous, also incredible story of a haunted battle ground. Oh, and Killiecrankie is said to be haunted also 😊
@@eerieedinburgh NZer here - wonderful video!
I've heard of the Battle of Edgehill. I remember seeing that there were spectral replays of the battle in the sky there for many months afterward - so much so that a government official was apparently sent to investigate. IIRC, he not only saw the spectral battle but recognised one of his friends! It's apparently the only occurrence of ghostly activity officialy recorded in UK government records.
@@gaius_enceladus That's the one. Fascinating story. Would have loved to have witnessed it.
The Little Big Horn battlefield is another such place of haunted beauty.
Another really good video. You're voice is really suited to these sorts of videos.
Too kind, thank you 😊
@@eerieedinburgh Keep up the good work
Love your material-- your voice, the music, commentary and subject matter just fit together seamlessly. I look forward to more in 2024!
Too kind, thank you 😊
Lol it rhymes I'm looking to see more in 202444444 😊
I wept. This piece was beautiful and very moving. I think in the telling of this particular tale you did the fallen a kind of justice, and you’ve given them back a slice of their honour.
Merry Christmas and safe, prosperous and very happy new year.
Blessings.
Thank you for the time and effort that you put into creating your interesting videos and for sharing them with us.
For a girl from Skye, now living on the other side of the world, they are a pleasure to watch, sending you hugs from New Zealand. 💕 ^^
Its my pleasure, thanks for the lovely feedback. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas 😊
Your work only gets better. I have been interested in ghosts for 35+ years and seen countless videos and documentaries. Some atmospheric, straightforward and most importantly, respectful. Others... less so. You're firmly in the former camp, and among the best i have seen. Thank you.
We went to Culloden. Had the tour too. It's an erie place, still and silent, no birds flying overhead. What a place!
That was hauntingly beautiful; thank you :)
Excellent video. Thank you!!!
Thank you 😊
Each of your video's is like a poem, so mournful, melodic and beautiful!
Thank you 😊
I see your viewing figures are steadily rising. Well earned and well done! 👏
Thankyou for this, those sad souls , great story tho, look forward to the next one
Thanks Sue. Next one should be out on Christmas eve 👍🏻
One of my top five favorite channels. I am so glad to see that you upload again :-).
And again you have produced a great masterpiece of entertainment. A well written introduction containing interesting facts, followed up with eyewitness accounts that make it easy to imagine being there in person. Thank you very much and have a great Christmas!
Thank you my friend, much appreciated. Merry Christmas to you and your clan 🌲
Well deserved, good sir. Unfortunately, the Dutch do not use the clan system but I guess I can consider my brethren from the armed forces my clan. Nothing we won’t do for each other. And please believe us when we say these stories are real, most of us have seen or heard echoes from tragedies past. The feeling of being observed, figures staring at you from afar that do not have heat signatures, voices and sounds from events past. I wholeheartedly believe the testimonies from the witnesses, no one asks for this to happen to them. They just do, even to the non- believers.
@@mikealphapappa2491 oh i believe you. My dad is an ex-para and he's seen a few things. Once saw what he described as a highway man!
@@eerieedinburgh yes, if you’re forced to be vigilant for long periods of time you’ll notice a lot more. My sincere regards to your father, probably co-responsible for teaching us how to stay safe. I’ve learned a lot from British specialist operators in joined operations.
This is one of the first ghost stories I read about when I was a kid some 40 odd years ago and it's fascinated me ever since.
Another great video. When I was 18 I went to Culloden in the hope of seeing or hearing something eerie. Sadly I did not experience anything. However it was very cold, misty and wet so it was not hard to imagine the horrors of the battle. I hope and yours have a lovely festive season.
Thank you, and to you too. I hope the holidays are lovely and relaxing.
The family names are the same on many American Civil War monuments, and those I served with when the time for me to carry my weight in the Service.
Being of McGregor descent I visited Culloden and walked the battlefield. I found myself greatly emotional and felt surrounded by past ghosts. Congrats a well produced doco.
If not for this battle our Grant family would not have come to America.
Wonderful, haunting video, everything blends perfectly, narration, music, and graphics. I was so caught up, it seemed to over in just a few minutes. Thank you!
First ❤, love listening to these stories. Thank you 😊
Thank you! 😊
@eerieedinburgh Merry Christmas and a Happy Hogmanay, from our Clan to yours @eerieedinburgh ❤️
@@joannakirkwood4970 Same to you, thanks for your support throughout the year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Lang may yer lum reek.
@@eerieedinburgh long will it continue ❤️
Thank you so much for this. The history as well as the lore seamlessly come together and you create magic😊
Thank you, thats very kind 🫂
@@eerieedinburgh you're quite welcome 🫂
Oh, this made me cry.
I was surprised on visiting the battlefield to learn that there were ultimately more Scots in arms against Prince Charles Edward than there were for him and the Redcoat army was comprised of many Scottish troops.
Fabulous storytelling again, thank you. I have been to Culloden twice and it made me feel something so melancholy…who knows if the land remembers
A great video,very moving,brave warriors.
Good morning hope you’re doing well. Thank you for the great story as always. I hope you have a merry Christmas. God bless.❤
Hey Susan 👋🏻 i am doing well, sat working on the Christmas Eve episode 😊
@@eerieedinburgh that’s great I wish you and yours a very merry Christmas💙💚
@@susanbutler2542 and the same to you! Lang may yer lum reek.
@@eerieedinburgh 🩷
My family fought there ! We are clan Stuart , this was our last gasp to take back the crown ! Our cause and our Clans and our brother Jacobites gone but never forgotten ! ❤️👍❤️💔💔💔💔💔😰
Simply awesome coverage and such a tragic, devastating story from history❤
Love these historical wars and Scottish history. A question the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 where did they bury the dead??
Its very likely they were buried in mass graves, good question though. Fairly built up area now, compared to Culloden anyway.
I live in Tranent the pans are not far away from battle site. Question in your opinion where would you bury the dead in September 1745. We know coronal Gardiner was laid to rest at Tranent churchyard
@@oldgraveyardhistoryinscotl9818 i think officers would likely have been given a proper burial, but the regular soldier would likely have been buried where they fell. Just reminded me of a reputed grave near Killiecrankie where a man called Brigadier Balfour is buried. He fought on the government side and is apparently buried where he was killed. That's some 50 years earlier though.
@@eerieedinburgh you think this would have been answered but far as I know not much of the dead was found would be nice to given them a place where we can manorial. Still a mystery to this day plenty of ploughing had been done over the centuries and most of the land is still used for farming. The battle field has been extensively explored by mentalist only tangible fragments have been found.
I woke up this morning after dreaming about a white cockade. I'm American, so The Battle of Culloden is not something I think of with any regularity. Very strange, but I suppose I was visited by a Highland ancestor, to remind me of why am here.
My family from scotland for decades,hard to hear,should be taught to future generations,never to forget,dont let it happen again,go independent.
Don't be ruled by sentimentality.
@@yvonnehayton6753 Scotland is my 🏡,what's wrong with that? Where are you from?
As always, a perfect way to end my night. Gratitude.
You. Are. A. Star. Thank you 😊🫂 literally just finished my Christmas video, out tomorrow 🎅🌲
my grannie was from inverness. she told me some spooky things
Merry Christmas my friend! I pray your holiday goes well. Much love from America.❤❤
Merry Christmas to you too, Tammy. I hope you have a lovely festive break 🫂
@@eerieedinburgh I am. I've had my grandson for a week now lol. He goes home tomorrow.
@@tammydownes2413 Aww, amazing. How old is he?
I've been on the moor at midnight. While I did not experience anything supernatural, the mist and darkness made the experience very evocative and the sadness of the place was palpable. It was enough to to make a brave man cry. We toured the entire site in the darkness and it is one of the most profound experiences of my life.
I am not at all surprised its haunted what a waste of all those lives and the misery to there loved ones😢. Honestly can you get any better I love this channel ❤
Aww, too kind. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
I love how you tell it all 👏❤️
Thank you 😊
Thank you again for another wonderful piece of history.
Merry HO HO from Alberta, 🇨🇦
Thank you Kimmy. Merry Christmas from Edinburgh 🎅
excellent and beautiful haunting video! the entire history of Scotland's résistance to English rule and religious dominance is fascinating and also heartbreaking in many ways - the name Jacobite refers to supporters of the deposed Stuart kings of England and Scotland ( from Jacobus, Latin for James) in the first half of the 18th century. In 1715 and again in 1745, attempts were made to restore the Stuart line, but these were supported by only a small minority of Scots. The vast majority of Scots, who were staunchly Protestant, were violently opposed to the restoration of a Catholic monarch. The Battle of Culloden is so often portrayed as an English victory over the Scots. It was no such thing. There were more Scots ( mostly lowlanders) fighting for the British government than there were on the Jacobite side. The English supported the Protestants to establish their dominance over a largely Catholic country.
The Scottish Highlanders were forbidden to speak their Gaelic language or wear their national dress, and large numbers were forcibly driven out of their homeland. With the final loss of the Jacobites in 1746 the British Government banned everything related to Highland culture. This included Scottish Gaelic and was what would begin to lead it to near extinction.
Many of Scottish Highland clans descended from the original three kindreds that migrated to Argyll in the fifth century. Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished by England to the American colonies for political, religious, or claimed criminal offenses. The first organized group of Highlanders came to North Carolina in 1739. 350 people from Argyllshire journeyed to Wilmington and up the Cape Fear River to settle in what became Cumberland County. The states today with the largest populations of either Scottish or Scotch Irish ancestral origin: California - 677,055 (1.7% of state population) Texas - 628,610 (2.8%) North Carolina - 475,322 (4.5%) (history is now easy to research)
Another great video, thank you
I sadly don't know as much as I should about my Scottish ancestry, but I have been working on that. Words though cannot express what this made me feel from the depths of my soul! I am in tears and covered in goose pimples even as I try to type this out.
Thank you for sharing this!
Great narration of a sad sad day in Scottish history, thankyou for the reading.😢on a happier note, have a Merry Christmas and happy New year to you and your family. 🎉🥃🎁
Thank you, merry Christmas to you too!
I have been to Culloden many times and have only had a one time experience. I was walking with my daughter not far from the monument and thought i had splashed water up the back of my leg. I exclaimed and my daughter said what wrong? I told her and when she checked there was no water, puddle, just a super cold sensation. She gave me a look like I was deranged and walked off 😂
A very sad bit of history that I heard a little bit about way over here in Canuckland. Apparently I had ancestors who fought there but would never claim Scottish background. One a completely different note, you showed some beautiful scenery at the end of the video, can you hike there or is it protected land? I don't mean any disrespect with that question.
So, In Scotland we have a right to roam,which means you can pretty much walk anywhere. Which is great 👍🏻
I think the bit you refer to is the Isle of Skye, the Quiraing if memory serves and yep - car park right at the foot of the hill. Beautiful spot.
I've never been to Culloden Moor but I'd love to go there. I do wonder what history would look like if Scotland hadn't lost their clan way of life
Many clans continue to exist today in Scotland and around the world. Clan surnames have spread beyond Scotland's borders and there are various events whereby members get together to celebrate their heritage.
This one brought tears to my eyes, such a sad story and a very haunting one, brilliant episode 👍👍
I have wished for years that they had never turned back at Derby They might just have won the day. The Stuart boyo was a more attractive proposition than the Hanovarians. Having said that, we would never have had our late Queen.
I often wonder how different the world would have been if they hadn't 👍🏻
No chance of getting a victory in London
The supposed 30000 men british army close to london was fake though. Imagine if the jacobites hadnt retreated and instead won london over, what the world would be like now?
Were the Irish Uilleann pipes 🇮🇪playing at the beginning..?
the music link is in the description - Devil's Organ is the Artist Name
Terrible choice of field by Sullivan,highlanders favourite ground ,crags and hills,so sad,yet hero’s.
Excellent channel. So pleased I found you. Amazing detail, thank you. ❤❤
Thank you so much for telling the history of Scotland. My ancestors were Scotland. I am sure now those are whom i got my fighting spirit from.
My pleasure 🏴
I live 10 miles from Culloden, I'm descended from Fraser's and Mackintosh's. I frequently drive past the battlefield, when i was younger the road used to run right through the battlefield past the big cairn. The road was moved to go around rather than through. There was Scots fighting for and against the English (sassenach's).
I've been there. The day friends & I visited, there was new growth everywhere except over the areas of the massed clan graves.
visited the site in 198....there is something about the site that stays with you for a long time after
My family are from the MacPhersons , Culloden has this incredibly eerie feeling to it for sure.
I went for an evening walk with my family about 10 years ago. It was summertime, and the light was fading.
We started to hear really sad music 🎶 drift over the battlefield, which was spooky 👻. It actually sounded French like !
It was just us , a local Inverness Highlander family.
The visitor centre was long shut up for the night. 😮
No other persons around except us 4 !
My wife is a MacPherson and I am Matheson clan.
The outcome of the battle was decided long before the Clans charged. The government artillery had already done much of the work as the Highlanders stood waiting for their Prince to give them the order to charge. The Jacobite's own artillery was all but useless, having no ammunition for most of its guns, due to the blundering of their drunken quartermaster. A flat, treeless plain was completely the wrong ground for the Highlanders and perfect for the Government cavalry and artillery. Again this was the doing of Quartermaster O,Sullivan who had chosen the ground.
My Granny & Grandad Hendry moved to Clava Cottages very close to Drummossie Muir in 1969, where the battle of Culloden Moor took place, my parents & my brothers Stuart, Graham & myself visited them as often as possible. I remember Mum telling me that Dad & her visited the moor very late one evening, Mum said the chill that went through her was quite unsettling to say the least. Mum said it felt like a place of terrible tragedy & foreboding & said to my Dad, Ian, let's go back please. I never asked the old man about it, knowing Dad though, he probably said, get a grip Liz (Elizabeth). Lol Aye, I could hear him saying that, never a man to believe in hauntings or spirits. However, I know my Mum & I believe her to the core. I must go back again, it's been a lang time since I was last there. Alba gu bràth! (Scotland forever) The blood is strong.
The English although conquered by the Romans learned a lot about warfare and that gave them the edge over us. In my opinion obviously.
Don’t forget that their weaponry and numbers were better and greater. The highlanders didn’t have artillery and a lot less firearms as well
A goodly few of the Redcoats weren't English, but German mercenaries.
Sadly, volleyfire into a massed body of charging men will always have a major impact. Think of Rorke's Drift. @@mikealphapappa2491
Blàr Chùil Lodair in Inbhear Nis, Albain! Suaimhneas síoraí dá n-anam dílis ❤🥁⚔❤
Thank you
The battle should never have happened. He led to ethnic cleansing and sorrow. The whole episode was futile and little thought out. We have shortbread tins full of the pictures of this Stuart prince. He was no hero he was one of the foremost villains to grace Scots history. He was a sad page in Scots history.
The Jacobites weren't just Scots. There was a regiment of English Jacobites from Manchester in the army.