Prince’s Cairn

The Prince's Cairn marks the traditional spot from where Prince Charles Edward Stuart embarked for from on 20 September 1746 following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: architectural structure in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: The Prince’s Cairn

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beasdale railway station and Loch Màma.

Railway station
is a railway station serving Glen Beasdale in the Highland region of . This station is on the West Highland Line, sited 28 miles 49 chains from the former Junction, between and . is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Prince’s Cairn.

is a small freshwater loch in , Lochaber, in the north west of . It forms a simple basin and is orientated east to west. It is thought that the adjoining loch Loch na Creige Duibhe and were at one time a single loch. is situated 2 miles east of Prince’s Cairn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochailort and Roshven.

Village
is a small settlement in that lies at the head of , a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles between Fort William and with the A861 towards and . is situated 3½ miles east of Prince’s Cairn.

Hamlet
is a township located on the eastern shoreline of , in Lochaber, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. Towering above it is , the highest hill in the area. is situated 3½ miles south of Prince’s Cairn.

is a village on the coast of in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of about 300. It stands on the "Road to the Isles", the traditional route from the south via to and thence to Skye.

Prince’s Cairn

Latitude
56.89501° or 56° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
-5.74516° or 5° 44′ 43″ west
Open location code
9C8PV7W3+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 746640341
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q7243730
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Prince’s Cairn”. Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.