12 November 2026

Has the 1745 Association found the site of 'Cluny's Cage'? The story behind the 2017 expedition to Ben Alder

Talk by Glen MacDonald

Organised by Society of Higland & Island Historical Research. Email to researve a place, and to receive the Zoom link. Participation is free for members and students. Non-members are requested to pay a lecture fee of £5. More details from their website.

Glen MacDonald will tell the story of an expedition launched by the 1745 Association in 2017 to seek the location of the famous ‘Cluny’s Cage’ on remote Ben Alder, the last hiding place of Prince Charles Edward Stuart as a fugitive in the Highlands between the 3rd and 13th September 1746 before his escape to France. Glen will relate how the cage was constructed by Ewan MacPherson of Cluny, considers the evidence regarding its physical layout and assesses different theories regarding its possible site before describing how the expedition discovered a likely location that appears to meet the Cage’s essential criteria.