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We are pleased to shared a wonderful video detailing The Battle of Falkirk Muir created by Deborah Dennison. For a few minutes, go back to the '45 and find out what happened in the dramatic story of the events which led to the battle, the battle itself, and the men who participated in it. The video also explains more about the new museum and the rare and fascinating artefacts that visitors will be able to see. Find our exciting video here !

After the Battle of Culloden, which marked the end of the last Jacobite rising, the traditional clan system was almost completely dismantled. This was a result of the actions of the British Army, commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, and legislation passed by the British Government in London. Despite this bloodletting Scotland became a centre for the Arts and Science. Many of the worlds leading doctors, architects, economists, writers, philosophers and poets lived in Scotland in the second half of the 18th century. One such individual was Rabbie Burns (Alloway 1759 - 1796 Dumfries) who has become Scotland's national bard. As three of the Jacobite risings, the '45, 1719 and the '15, were still within living memory when Rabbie was born it was perhaps inevitable that these events would influence his poetry. Rabbies' poem 'Ye Jacobites by name' testifies to this. The finely bound book (displayed in the images below) of Burns' 'Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect' is a first Edinburgh edition which was printed in 1787. The images show the poem 'to a Haggis' which will be told the world over tonight.

Happy 261st Birthday Rabbie At 3.30pm on a cold and very wet Friday afternoon 275 years ago the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and those of the British Army under the command of General Hawley met in combat over the rolling fields of South Bantaskine. After 90 minutes of brutal hand to hand fighting it is estimated that approximately 400 British soldiers and 100 Jacobite were left dead on the battle field. This wreath is our way to show these fallen the respect that all these men deserve.

We are delighted to be taking part in the Big Jacobite Afternoon Lecture hosted by Bannockburn House. J oin us from 12-2pm to hear from 6 speakers who are all giving short talks on a range of subject matters relating to the Jacobite movement.

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The Trust has now commissioned a promotional video which will explain not only our project but also the history of Falkirk Muir. Once this video is ready it will be published on our website.

The Trust has commissioned Chris Collingwood to create a unique painting that will depict a scene from the Battle of Falkirk Muir that we will be able to use for our publicity and fundraising drives. The painting will be large measuring 32'' x 46'' and it should be completed in the spring of next year. It will replace the much used David Morier's painting of 'an incident in the rebellion of 1745' that is currently shown on our Battle web site. Chris has specialised on this type of painting since the 1980s indeed one of his paintings was used in 1985 for a jigsaw depicting the Battle of Falkirk Muir. The link below will take you to his web site which will show you the type of painting he currently has for sale. www.collingwoodhistoricart.com

We now have 14 items available to view and learn about in our virtual museum . More items are added weekly and you can s ign up to get alerts when we add more items.