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This will be a rare opportunity to see these paintings and to hear the story of the exiled
Jacobites.
Gifted to the museum in July, the lace had sat undisturbed in a desk for more than half a century in the south of Scotland.
The Highlanders threw their bonnets in the air and cheered, shouting: ‘Long live King James the Eighth and Charles Prince of Wales, Prosperity to Scotland, and no union’.
This was a key moment for the Rising. Without Lochiel’s support – and the hundreds of men his support would bring – the other chiefs would not have rallied to the standard and the spark of rebellion would have been snuffed out.
The 24-year-old Prince’s travelling companions on board the Du Teillay were a motley crew of seven much older and rather infirm gentlemen – later called The Seven Men of Moidart
To mark the 275th anniversary of the start of the last Jacobite rising, this week we launch our new weekly series involving a weekly timeline of the events leading up to that momentous day at Glenfinnan on August 19, and some of the interesting facts and artefacts associated with the rising.
An ancient beech tree that had stood near the entrance of the old manse at Corpach and could possibly have had a link to the 1745 Jacobite Rising, sadly could not withstand the ferocity of Storm Dennis which battered Lochaber at the weekend.
West Highland Museum celebrates its 60,000th visitor
Transport Scotland has agreed to cut the 60mph speed limit on the A830 trunk road near the tiny village’s two world-famous tourist attractions.
