A cairn on the Hebridean island of South Uist marks the site of the birthplace of Flora MacDonald the Jacobite heroine.
Flora MacDonald was born on South Uist in 1722 and was living on Benbecula in June 1746 when Bonnie Prince Charlie took refuge there after defeat at the Battle of Culloden. The island was controlled by local militia loyal to the Hanoverian government but Flora helped the prince to escape to Skye disguised as her servant, Betty Burke. For her part in the escape, she was imprisoned for a short time in the Tower of London until she was released under the Act of Indemnity in 1747. She married an army captain in 1750 and in 1774 the family emigrated to North Carolina where her husband served in the British army during the American War of Independence. He was taken prisoner and not released until 1778. In 1779 Flora returned to Scotland and was rejoined by her husband after the war, in 1784. The family regained possession of their estate at Kingsburgh on the Isle of Skye and Flora died there in 1790.
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Location: South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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