Memorial Cairn & Gedenktafel errichtet, Jacobite Heldin Flora MacDonald (1722-90) bei Milton, South Uist, Schottland, Großbritannien von der Clan Donald Gesellschaft.
2652 x 3780 px | 22,5 x 32 cm | 8,8 x 12,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
22. Juni 1988
Ort:
Flora MacDonald's Cairn, Milton, South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
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Memorial cairn & plaque erected to Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald at Milton, South Uist, Scotland, UK by the Clan Donald Society. In June 1746 Flora helped Prince Charles Edward Stuart evade capture by government troops and accompanied him when escaping by boat from Benbecula to the Isle of Skye. Bonnie Prince Charlie was disguised as an Irish sewing (spinning) maid named Betty Burke. The cairn is erected in the ruins of a cottage where Flora was believed to have spent her early years, but excavations in 1996 dated the foundations to 1790-1830: Flora died on Skye in March 1790. Plaque reads: "Flora MacDonald, daughter of Ranald son of Angus of Milton, South Uist. She was born in 1722 near this place and spent her early life in the house that stood on this foundation. When pursuit was drawing near to the Prince in the Long Island she greatly aided him by her heroism and endurance to gain shelter in the Isle of Skye."
