Prince’s Cairn
The Prince's Cairn marks the traditional spot from where Prince Charles Edward Stuart embarked for France from Scotland on 20 September 1746 following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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.
Beasdale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beasdale railway station is a railway station serving Glen Beasdale in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, sited 28 miles 49 chains from the former Banavie Junction, between Lochailort and Arisaig. Beasdale railway station is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Prince’s Cairn.
Loch Màma
Photo: Anthony O’Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Màma is a small freshwater loch in South Morar, Lochaber, in the north west of Scotland. It forms a simple basin and is orientated east to west. It is thought that the adjoining loch Loch na Creige Duibhe and Loch Màma were at one time a single loch. Loch Màma is situated 2 miles east of Prince’s Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochailort and Roshven.
Lochailort
Village
Photo: Keeshu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lochailort is a small settlement in Scotland that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 towards Salen and Strontian. Lochailort is situated 3½ miles east of Prince’s Cairn.
Roshven
Hamlet
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roshven is a township located on the eastern shoreline of Loch Ailort, in Lochaber, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. Towering above it is Rois-bheinn, the highest hill in the area. Roshven is situated 3½ miles south of Prince’s Cairn.
Arisaig
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arisaig is a village on the coast of Lochaber 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 Fort William to Mallaig and thence to Skye.
Prince’s Cairn
- Categories: architectural structure and historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.89501° or 56° 53′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.74516° or 5° 44′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C8PV7W3+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 746640341OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata 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.