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Inverness-shire

Culloden Moor and Tain's pilgrims.

The museums here go deep into Highland history. On Culloden Moor, the National Trust for Scotland's visitor centre tells the story of the battle of 1746 that ended the last Jacobite Rising, with an immersion theatre and the battlefield itself to walk. In Inverness, by the castle hill, the museum and art gallery covers archaeology, Jacobite relics, natural history and art, and has a café. Up in Easter Ross, Tain's museum sits in the grounds of St Duthus Collegiate Church, telling of the saint, the medieval pilgrims and King James IV. Allow a half day at Culloden, and wrap up for the moor.

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Museum of the day18 hours ago

Culloden Visitor Centre.

The National Trust for Scotland's centre on Culloden Moor, where the last Jacobite Rising ended in 1746, with a museum, a battle immersion theatre and the battlefield.

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Did you know15 hours ago

The fort covers the ground of five football pitches.

Fort George was built after Culloden as a base for George II's army, on a point in the Moray Firth near Ardersier, east of Inverness. It took 22 years to build and it is still an army base today. The Highlanders' Museum is inside, and dolphins are seen off the point.

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Did you know9 hours ago

The Hilton of Cadboll Stone, on the Easter Ross coast, was once cut down to make a gravestone.

The carved cross-slab was put up in about 800 AD. It stood until 1676, when it was cut off at ground level and reworked as a grave marker. The original is now in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, and a replica stands on its old site.

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Museums4 hours ago

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.

The museum of the Highlands, just below Inverness Castle, with archaeology, Jacobite relics, natural history and art, and a café and shop.

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Did you know1 hour ago

The Hilton of Cadboll Stone, on the Easter Ross coast, puts a woman at the centre of its hunting scene.

The carved cross-slab was put up in about 800 AD, fell, and was raised again soon after. Its hunting scene is unusual for showing a woman in the central place. The original is now in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, and a replica stands on its old site at Hilton of Cadboll.

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Tain Museum.

The museum of Tain and Easter Ross, in the grounds of St Duthus Collegiate Church, telling of the saint, the medieval pilgrims and King James IV, with the Clan Ross Centre.