Listing Type: Memorial

Nantes – Quayside of La Fosse (Quai de la Fosse)

The “Quai de la Fosse”, also known as the “Quai des Irlandais”, is located on the north bank of the Loire at the entrance to the city of Nantes. This was the quarter which, in the 18th century, was the home to the Irish merchants and shipowners. Claude Durbé, who commanded the frigate the Du Teillay and took Prince Charles Stuart to Scotland in July 1745, built his own property in 1756 at 86, Quai de la Fosse3 in the typical period Rococo style of Louis XV. The Du Teillay sailed down the Loire to Saint-Nazaire at the end of June 1745 when Prince Charles Edward Stuart embarked with his companions, the men later known as the seven men of Moidart. The Prince was also accompanied by Antoine Walsh, the owner of the ship. The Du Teillay set sail bound for Belle-Ile from the bay of Bonne Anse located just west of Saint-Nazaire on 3 July 1745 (New Style = N.S.). This little three-masted frigate referred to as a sloop was loaded with gold, arms, ammunition and supplies for Scotland. Antoine Walsh was a fervent Nantes Jacobite and merchant who had accumulated a colossal fortune, having been first a Corsair captain for king Louis XV. He became a successful shipowner and embarked in the infamous slave trade between Nantes, the west coast of Africa and Saint-Domingue, also known as the Triangular trade. As a shrewd entrepreneur and avid investor, Antoine Walsh bought sugar cane plantations in Saint-Domingue from which he drew a large part of his financial success. The “Quai de la Fosse” now hosts the memorial to the abolition of slavery and provides a pontoon to a splendid three-masted ship, a ship known on the banks of the Loire named Le Bélem (https: // www.fondationbelem.com), a vessel that reminds the past of the city of Nantes in the maritime trade.


3 The property is still known as Hôtel Durbé.

Access

Street parking, payment car park (parking Gloriette-Petite Hollande).

Website

https://memorial.nantes.fr/

Inverurie

Site of a battle between pro-government Highlanders and Jacobite sympathisers from Aberdeen on 23 December 1745. The Highlanders, forced into a fighting retreat through the main street of the town, were defeated by the larger Jacobite force. A cairn with an information panel now marks the site.

Access

Accessible at all times.

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inverurie_(1745)

Glencoe

This beautiful glen is the site of the infamous massacre of 13 February 1692. Soldiers of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment turned on their MacDonald hosts in an action designed to set an example to others who were slow to swear the Oath of Allegiance to the new monarchs William and Mary. Betraying the hospitality they received while billeted in the glen, the troops murdered about 30 of their hosts though many others escaped.

Access

Accessible at all times. The Glencoe Folk Museum is open seasonally and has an admission charge.

Area of interest
1689 Clans

Cromdale

Site of the final battle of the 1689 Rising on 1 May 1690. The Jacobite force of 1,500 was surprised in its camps at dawn by a larger government force and forced to flee. The Jacobites may have lost up to 400 men killed or captured. Lethendry Castle and the 'Piper's Stone' (both signposted locally) have links to the battle. A memorial plaque is fixed on the Watch House adjacent to the Kirk where the Government forces crossed the River Spey.

Access

No restrictions. A battlefield leaflet is available locally (see weblink for download).

Website

https://www.breakawaylodges.com/desktop/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3792%20BATTLE%20OF%20CROMDALE%20LEAFLET.pdf

Area of interest
1689 Battlefield

Seven Men of Moidart Memorial

Cairn erected by the 1745 Association adjacent to the site of the original row of seven beech trees planted in the 19th century representing the seven followers who landed in Loch Moidart in July 1745 with Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

Access

At all times.

Cluny Macpherson Memorial

Memorial cairn to Ewan Macpherson of Cluny - a very capable Jacobite officer who fought with distinction at the skirmish at Clifton near Penrith, and Falkirk. After Culloden he helped to hide Prince Charles Edward, distributed the gold that he left behind and evaded capture himself for nine years before finally escaping to France.

Access

Access: At all times.

Glen Shiel Battlefield Memorial

This narrow pass was the site of the only battle of the 1719 uprising. On 10 June 1719 a Jacobite force of over 1000 men with a few hundred Spanish regular troops tried unsuccessfully to stop the advance of a similar sized Government force which included dragoons, artillery and two companies of loyal Highlanders. The Jacobites were driven from the steep hillsides by artillery and assault.

Access

At all times.

Area of interest
1719

Flora MacDonald’s Grave

The grave of the Jacobite heroine who died in 1790 is in the cemetery at Kilmuir, Skye. It is clearly marked by a large nineteenth century Celtic cross.

Access

At all times

Website

https://www.britainexpress.com/scotland/Skye/flora-macdonalds-grave.htm

Area of interest
1745 Flora