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After the Jacobite defeat at Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie faced capture unless he could escape to France. While British government troops were searching for him, he sought refuge in Uist. His supporters wanted to smuggle him from Uist to Skye, and then onto a boat to France. Flora agreed to help them. On 28th June 1746, Flora MacDonald and her Irish maid ‘Betty Burke’ sailed from Benbecula over the sea to Skye. The maid was the thinly disguised Bonnie Prince Charlie and the event is commemorated in the famous 'Skye Boat Song'.

Title

Birthplace of Flora Macdonald Monument

Medium

stone

Accession number

HS8_CF_S009

Work type

Monument

Owner

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Custodian

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

Clan Donald raised this cairn of remembrance to their kinswoman Flora MacDonald daughter of Ranald, son of Angus of Milton South Uist. She was born in 1722 near this place and spent her early life in the house that stood on this foundation. When pursuit was drawing near to the Prince in the Long Island she greatly aided him by her heroism and endurance to gain shelter in the Isle of Skye.

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A865, Milton, South Uist

HS8 5SX

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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