Culloden knife

Culloden knife

Jacobite

Metal knife blade with no handle. Although the knife is poorly constructed and rusting its important because it was purportedly found on Drumossie Moor near Inverness. This was the site of the Battle of Culloden, the last engagement of the 1745 Rising. Interestingly, it was loaned to the museum in 1925 for the “Prince Charles Edward and the ’45 Campaign” exhibition by Mrs A. Mansfield-Forbes, a close friend of the museum’s founder Victor Hodgson. It was never reclaimed by its owner and has remained in our care ever since. However, in 2019, Mrs Mansfield-Forbes’ great grandson contacted the museum after he found a loans form and correspondence relating to the loan while researching his genealogy. The knife was officially gifted to the museum in 2019 along with copies of correspondence from the original lender.

18th century

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16/12/2020

L 89 mm

West Highland Museum

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West Highlands Museum

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