Undetonated Mortar Shell Recovered From Scotland’s Culloden Battlefield - Archaeology Magazine

Undetonated Mortar Shell Recovered from Scotland’s Culloden Battlefield - Archaeology Magazine

Unexploded mortar shell GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—An intact mortar shell has been discovered at Scotland’s Culloden Battlefield by a team of researchers led by Derek Alexander of the National Trust for Scotland and Tony Pollard of the University of Glasgow, according to a Scottish Field report. Fought on April 16, 1746, the battle marked the English government’s defeat of Jacobite forces, who supported the return of the exiled Stuart king to the English…

Archaeologists discover unexploded mortar shell at Culloden Battlefield Scottish Field

Archaeologists have discovered an unexploded mortar shell at Culloden Battlefield, thought to have been fired by government artillery during the Jacobite uprising. The battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746 was a decisive defeat for the Jacobite army, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, at the hands of the Duke of Cumberland’s government troops. Intact and… The post Archaeologists discover unexploded mortar shell at Culloden Battlefield appeared first on…