Listing Type: Nature / Scenic

Saint-Nazaire – Bay of Bonne Anse

The Du Teillay, a small frigate of three masts or sloop, was a privateer armed with 18 canons and 24 swivel guns. She sailed from the port of Mindin in the early morning of 2 July 1745 (N.S.) to anchor in the bay of Bonne Anse in the afternoon. The seven men of Moidart, the companions of fortune of Prince Charles Stuart, had made their own way to reach Saint-Nazaire and embark on the ship. One of them, Cavalry Captain Sir John MacDonald, met a Mr. Talbot at an inn in the old town of Saint-Nazaire. According to Sir John MacDonald, the young officer was the same sailor who later commanded the Prince Charles in February 1746. The latter would have served aboard the Du Teillay and made the voyage of the ship from Saint-Nazaire to Amsterdam from July to September 1745. In the afternoon of 2 July 1745, Antoine Walsh, Sir Thomas Sheridan, and Prince Charles Stuart arrived together at Bonne Anse from the home of Séneschal René Galliot de Cran, residing at 42, Grand-Rue in the old town of Saint-Nazaire, where the Prince stayed a few nights. According to the local tradition, his house was later named "the house of the young pretender" (Figure 4). There is a path that stretches along the coast over 3 miles west of Saint-Nazaire that pedestrians can still follow today. This path known as chemin des Douaniers, takes hikers from beach to beach from the location of the old town of Saint-Nazaire to the bay of Bonne Anse (Figure 5). The Du Teillay set sail on 3 July 1745 at 5:00am bound for Belle-Ile where the ship remained at anchor nearly ten days until the final departure, on 15 July 1745 (N.S.), bound for Scotland, escorted by a 64-gun vessel, L’Elisabeth.

Access

Free cark park.

Belle-Ile-en-mer – Port of Le Palais and bay of Ramonette

The Du Teillay with Prince Charles Stuart on board sailed throughout the night of 4 July 1745 (N.S.) to finally lay anchor in the bay just south-east off the fortified port of Le Palais in Belle-Ile, most probably by the beach of Ramonette located a mile east. The Prince had to wait on board the Du Teillay until 13 July 1745 for the arrival of her escort, L’Elisabeth, a vessel of the line of 64 guns built in Brest in 1722 and loaded with more than 500 men of infantry and crew on board. The two ships did not leave Belle-Ile for the south-west coast of Brittany until 15 July 1745 (N.S.). It is said that, during the ten days in Belle-Ile the Prince occupied his free time by learning the art of sea fishing.

Much later, the aide-de-camp to Lord George Murray, Colonel Richard Warren who organised the successful rescue of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in September 1746 on board L’Heureux was also given the command of Belle-Ile. As a reward for his efforts, Richard Warren was made Baron by King Louis XV before he became commander of Belle-Isle after the seven-year war.

Access

Free car park. Follow the coastal path from the parking at Rue des Remparts through the gate below the city wall to Porte of Locmaria then follow the path to the beach of Ramonette. The path provides an excellent view to the bay.

Website

https://www.belle-ile.com

Contact

www.belle-ile.com/belle-ile/contact. Tel: +33 (0)2 97 31 81 93

Paimboeuf – Port and Quayside

The small port of Paimboeuf is located some ten miles inland on the south bank of the river Loire. It was the avant-port of Nantes in the 18th century for ships of more than 200 tons that could not sail up to Nantes because the accumulation of sand in the river prevented larger ships from sailing further upstream. In March 1746, two frigates, Le Mars and La Bellone, were sent from Paimboeuf to mount a desperate rescue mission for the Jacobite army by providing a large amount of gold, weapons, ammunition, and brandy for Charles Stuart and his forces and, in case all hope was lost, locate, and bring the Prince back to Brittany. Whilst the Prince could not be found, the two ships faced three of the Royal in a sea battle at Loch Nan Uamh on 3 May 1746 (Old Style = O.S.). Le Mars, heavily damaged, and La Bellone – on board which a fever broke out, returned together to Paimboeuf on 7 June 1746 (N.S.) - with Lord Echo and Lord George Drummond safely on board Le Mars. Sir Thomas Sheridan travelled on La Bellone on board which a fever broke out during the return voyage. The hospital in Paimboeuf probably treated sick members of the crew.

Access

Free parking.

Website

https://en.saint-brevin.com

Contact

Visitor centre of Paimboeuf (quai Sadi Carnot). Tel: 00 33 (2) 40 27 53 82

Saint-Malo – the Corsair City and Port

The city of Saint-Malo on the north coast of Brittany was the home of famous Corsair captains in the 17th and 18th century acting in the name of the king of France. Saint-Malo provided ships, crew, and support to the Jacobite uprising through Antoine Walsh, born in Saint-Malo and owner of the Du Teillay, son of Philip Walsh of Ballynacooly who brought king James II of England and James VII of Scotland back to France from Kinsale, Ireland after the battle of the Boyne in 1690. In Saint-Malo, the Jacobites received support from Richard Butler, brother-in-law of Antoine Walsh who stepped in 1746 to provide colonel Richard Warren with two ships, Le Prince de Conti and L’Heureux for the rescue of Prince Charles Stuart in September 1746. The expedition was a total success with the return of Prince Charles Stuart to Roscoff on the 10 October 1746 (N.S.) accompanied by many of his loyal partisans.

Access

Car park

Website

https://www.saint-malo-tourisme.co.uk

Contact

+33 (0) 825 13 52 00

Plévenon – Cape Frehel and Coastline

In 1746, Richard Butler, brother-in-law of Antoine Walsh, provided two ships, Le Prince de Conti commanded by the young captain Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne and L’Heureux, commanded by Pierre-Bernard Thérouart de Beaulieu with the mission to locate, rescue Prince Charles Stuart and bring him back to safety. This was the sixth rescue attempt of Prince Charles Stuart under the supervision of Lord George Murray’s aide-de-camp, Colonel Richard Warren with the help of Irish Jacobites in exile and Michael Sheridan, the nephew of Sir Thomas Sheridan. The men came on board the two ships from Cape Frehel, west of Saint-Malo, on 24 August 1746 (N.S.).

Access

Cape Fréhel’s car park.

Roscoff – the Wall City and Port

On the 11th of October 1746, Prince Charles Stuart arrived on board L’Heureux in the anchorage between the island of Batz and the port of Roscoff, in the north of Brittany following his successful rescue from western Scotland. Prince Charles Stuart was given a hero’s welcome with a 21-gun salute from the two Breton ships escorting him back to Brittany, Le Prince de Conti and L’Heureux. Accompanied of his loyal companions, with amongst them the clan’s chief Donald Cameron of Lochiel, his brother Dr Archibald, known as “Archie”, the young prince had returned to the city where his ancestor Mary Stuart found refuge as a child, when she was destined to be the wife of the heir to the French throne. Mary had arrived in Roscoff in 1548 well before she became queen of France in 1559 when she was married to king Francis II, only to become queen of Scotland after his premature death. On the day of his arrival in Roscoff on 10 October 1746 (N.S.), Prince Charles Stuart reached the chapel of Saint-Ninian to pay his respect to his illustrious ancestor. Intrigued by the announcement of the arrival of the two ships, the Comte of Dresnay, captain of the local coastguards, dispatched a troop of 300 men, wary that the two ships with Scottish Jacobites on board still dressed in their traditional outfits, could be carrying enemy forces in disguise. However, once he was made aware of the Prince’s identity, he lent him his horse, ordered his troop to form an escort and led him to his own house in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, located only a few miles in land from Roscoff.

Access

Car park.

Website

https://www.roscoff-tourisme.com/en

Contact

+33 (0) 2 98 61 12 13

Glennfinnan

On 19 August 1745, eight months before the Battle of Culloden, 1,200 Highlanders gathered in Glenfinnan to pledge their allegiance to Prince Charles Edward Stuart. After raising the royal standard they set off on their campaign to regain the British throne for a Stuart king. In 1815, an 18m-high monument was built as a memorial to the bravery of those who fought for the Jacobite cause. The site is now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland and is a centre for hill and lochside walks. There are visitor facilities and an exhibition with Jacobite artefacts and a model of the 1745 Gathering

Access

Monument, visitor centre and café have opening hours. Visitor centre admission free. Admission charge for monument. Parking charge. Free to NTS members.

Website

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/glenfinnan-monument/

Contact

email: glenfinnan@nts.org.uk
phone 01397 72225

House of Dun

Outstanding William Adam designed baroque country house. The ornate plasterwork completed in 1743 contains oblique allegorical references to the Erskine family’s Jacobite sympathies.

Access

Opening hours. Admission charge

Website

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/house-of-dun

Contact

Phone 01674 810264
https://www.nts.org.uk/contact-us

Area of interest
1719 1745 House

Pass of Killiecrankie

Scenic river gorge, part of the Killiecrankie battlefield with trails and National Trust for Scotland visitor centre. On 27 July 1689 Government troops under General Hugh Mackay emerged from the pass and faced a large force of Highlanders under John Graham, Viscount Dundee. A large part of the Government force was routed and ‘Soldiers Leap’ is where one lucky redcoat escaped across the River Garry. The main battlefield is just north of the pass.

Access

At all times. Opening hours for visitor centre

Website

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/killiecrankie

Contact

Phone (Visitor Centre) 01796 473233
 https://www.nts.org.uk/contact-us

Area of interest
1689 Claverhouse