Atlas Obscura
Cumberland's Stone in Culloden Moor, Scotland
Just off the intersection of two roads in the Highlands is a large stone. It may not look important, but it has, in fact, witnessed one of the most consequential events in British history. The Battle of Culloden was fought on 16 April 1746. It saw a British government force led by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, crush a Jacobite army led by his his older cousin, Prince Charles Edwa…