Cover photo, by Hew Morrison, Getty Images, BBC – “A digital facial depiction of Bonnie Prince Charlie created using a death mask made of the prince after he died in 1788 aged 67.” (To read more about Hew Morrison’s fascinating work, including a digital depiction of Ava, a woman who died in the Scottish Highlands more than 4,250 years ago – see source article below).
This story caught my interest today, shared by Inverness Outlanders on their Facebook page yesterday, from Scotland’s Stories.
It’s amazing to think of such selfless heroism and patriotism. Does this still exist today? I wonder.
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Source: Scotland’s Stories
Source: The Sons of Scotland
Source: BBC
That was a great story. I had never heard it before. Thank you for sharing.
Nice article. I have visited MacKenzie’s memorial, in 2016 while on tour. We all felt solemn and reverent while reading about his sacrifice. Such courage.
I never heard this story before. It was heroic of R.M. to do what he did and die for it. Don’t think we will ever see something like that today.
That is a wonderful account, and heroic act by Roderick MacKenzie! Now….if someone would only clean the stone! There is a wonderful young man in, I believe it is NY, who goes around to old cemeteries and monuments and cleans and restores them. This would benefit from someone like that…and actually ALL stones and monuments should be kept up! It helps to keep the memories alive.
Hi Meg – I had to laugh – yes maybe so! I think most monuments in Scotland are pretty mossy!
Thank you Courtney. What a great story.
So interesting . Thanks
That’s very interesting!!! Thank you for sharing it with us!!
What a great story if the Bonnie prince! Too bad it wasn’t in the Outlander series! The hardships those poor people suffered and some were running till their end, hard to imagine going through that!
Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing.
What an amazing story. It’s simply incredible what some individuals will do for their leaders! Thanks for posting this!
thankyou! how interesting!
Great story !!! Thanks