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Glenfinnan Monument (NTS)

Glenfinnan

This impressive monument was erected in 1815 by Alexander Macdonald of Glenaladale in tribute to the clansmen who fought and died in the cause of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.The raising of the Prince's Standard took place here on 19 August, 1745, in the last attempt to reinstate the exiled Stuarts to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. Despite its inspired beginnings and subsequent successe…

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Opening Times

Visitor Centre, shop and snack-bar: Good Friday to June, September and October, daily 10.00am – 5.00pm. July and August, daily 9.30am - 5.30pm. November, weekends only 10.00am – 4.00pm. Site: all year, daily.