AN IMPORTANT CANNONBALL RETRIEVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD OF CULLODEN
MID-18TH CENTURY
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
the spherical iron cannonball set with a silver collar with moulded rim and engraved in script ‘Ogilvy Culloden 16th April 1746’
Dimensions
7.5cm diameter, 1751g
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie
Footnote
Exhibited: The Swords and the Sorrows, National Trust for Scotland, Culloden, 16th April – 20th September 1996, item 7:3
The Battlefield of Culloden has for a long time been of interest to tourists. Many relics have been recovered from the battlefield, fueling interest in the battle. Few are as poignant as this, with its provenance to a man who was there on the day leading a regiment, and who would subsequently suffer the loss of land, status and home.