The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-05
MONUMENT TO CHARLES
Tower Erected On Spot Where he
Raised His Standard In 1740

Raised HIS Sbanuaru IA
One hundred and seventy-nine years
have passed SINCE Prince Charles Ed.
ward embarked on one OF the saouesI
and most ill-advised expeditions known
to history. Not only was the cause lot
which he fought hopeless one; puI IL
was a cause which almost cost MIN MS
life. Even his enemies could. not pus
admit that Charles Stewart was one Oh
the bravest and most gallant OIL NELL
1t may seem curious that a monp-
nerit should be necessary 70 keep ira.
grant the memory OF such man ye.
such a memorial exists. Far from the
signs of civilization, in the western
highlands of Scotland, lies Locn Snlel.
This part of the country is peculary
associated with the prince, TOT II was
!. en- the rugged coast OF Inverness
that he landed in 1745, and it was
August 10 of that year that he raised
his standard on the grass-grown
hauRhs at the head of Loeb Shiel. 1t
IL not hard to imagine the gathering
which there took place-the rugged
mountains dipping the loch, the sol
;tsrv grandeur of Glenfinnan, the
rnrnle heather. Down the glens come
the HighIanders fully arrayed with
their targets and broadswords and
bringing enthusiasm and hope, the lat
ter SO swiftly to be dashed to pieces:
'Anproaching the glen by the road
from TT. William to Arisaig, one passes
Toch Eli. This loch can be seen from
q distanse; and so Loeb Shiel, for 1t
Is ouite hidden until the traveller,
rounding one of those right angled
corners so characteristic of Highland
roads. about 20 miles from Ft. VIII
liams, looks upon scene OF surpass-
ing beauty The suddenness OF the APP
proach is all the more impressive IN
its solemnity and grandeur. The road
taking a further bend, the eye alights
on the monument erected in 1915 to
commemorate the raising Of Prince
Charley's standard.
The monument takes the form OF
slender tower, some go feet high sur
mounted by a figure of the prince in
Highland dress, looking up Glenfinnan.
The ground around the monument is in
closed by wall in which are set three
large metal tablets bearing inscriptions
one of which reads as follows: On
the spot where Prince Charles Edward
first raised his standard on the 18th
August, 1745, when he made the dar-
ing and romantic attempt to recvoer
a throne lOsL ~ INC AhPi uuChSO ~
his ancestors, this column was erected
by Alexander Macdonald, ESQ, Of Glen
aladale, to commemorate the generous
zeal, the undaunted bravery, and the
inviolable fidelity of his forefathers and
the rest of those who fought and bled
in that unfortunate enterprise. This
pillar is now, alas become the me-
mortal of its amiable and accomplished
founder, who, before it was finished,
died in Edinburgh on the 4th day
of January, 1916 a 1.-THE early age of
% years" At the foot of each of these
tablets are two figures of clansmen in
full fighting gear. 1t is said to relate
that the heads of all these figures
have been broken off and removed.
Counties are the hair-raising tales
told of the scapes which the prince
had, and of the heroic sacrifices made
for such desperate cause by the an
cestors of the loyal Highlander who
erected the monument as memorial
of the Inflated house Of Stewart.-E.
V. Lyell in the Edinburgh Weekly
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