Comments | ithildyn: Own The Stone

ithildyn

Own The Stone

Jul 19, 2007 09:50

As a restoration fundraiser, you can buy a walkway stone at Culloden.

I've been to Culloden twice, and it's one of the saddest places I've ever visited. I would love to be able to afford to get a stone for my family. If my Uncle Herb actually owned a computer, I'd pass this on to him.

About Culloden

( Iconic … evocative … historic. These words only hint at the profound significance that the Battle of Culloden holds for Scots and their descendants. )

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Comments 6

mamabeast July 19 2007, 17:20:36 UTC

i'm embarrased that all i know about this comes from Highlander.........

ithildyn July 19 2007, 17:31:26 UTC

I'm ethnically Scottish (and English), so it's just one of those things I grew up knowing about. Going to Culloden my first trip to Scotland was an absolute must do :)

dejla July 19 2007, 17:33:46 UTC

I read one of a series of books on the Scots, and Culloden and The Highland Clearances are two of the saddest books I have ever read.

I doubt that I have any Scots background; from what we can tell, we're Irish, Swiss, and German. Well, and throw in the Cherokee and the possible Choctaw (neither of which I show).

But Culloden is just so incredibly tragic as the end of a way of life.

ithildyn July 19 2007, 18:08:22 UTC

It's very sad.

pat_t July 19 2007, 22:38:23 UTC

We went to Culloden when we did the Scotland tour last year after Leeds. It was so very heartbreaking.

michelleann68 July 19 2007, 23:16:24 UTC

I went to Culloden, a few years back and did not get to spend enough time there. I agree there is a great sadness in that entire area, it is haunting to be there and know the devastation that took place.

I will look into the stone idea and perhaps a stone for the Douglass clan will end up there.