British HQ at Culloden

This primitive cottage was maintained as the headquarters for the British forces during the battle. The decision by the Jacobite forces to stand out on this open moor vastly outnumbered and outgunned against one of the greatest military powers in the World ranks as one of the dumbest military blunders in history. The British simply used their artilley to decimate Dumbie Prince Charlie's troops then picking off the survivors as they mounted a last desperate unorganized charge into the guns of the massed British army. Few Scotsmen survived although the prince did escape.