The Finlayson Map (illustrated above)
This map was produced shortly after the battle, by a Jacobite sympathizer, John Finlayson. It can be compared with the modern map of the battlefield and with the Battle engraving.

Pupils can try and identify the following:

• The Government camp at Nairn
• The route of the Jacobite Night March
• The route taken by the Government from Nairn to Culloden
• The Government supply ships in the bay
• The lines of the two armies
• The positions of buildings
• Clues that Finlayson was a Jacobite – drooping thistles etc

This map is reproduced by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland - www.nls.uk - who have many more maps which may be of interest.

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