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Preservation for the future
31 of comments mentioned the need to preserve the site and the stories attached to it for the future.
% MENTIONED WITHIN:
INVERNESS-SHIRE REST OF SCOTLAND REST OF UK OUTSIDE OF UK
Key comments included:
‘This is a national monument to our history and should be retained for future generations.”
‘Culloden should be given World Heritage Site status. It is hallowed ground which needs to be protected and it is a mass grave site as well as the battle lines extending far beyond the current boundaries. History must be preserved of this most important site.’
‘This is an important historical site and should be preserved for that reason alone.’
This included the need to protect the site against development and look to alternate designations such as World Heritage status. It was clear from the comments that there was an emotional connection with the site and that it had significance for communities within and without Scotland.
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‘Culloden is an area of great historical importance and should be preserved intact for future generations.’
‘This is our History. This is sacred ground, there are many hundreds of men buried there, and as part of our Scottish History and a site of huge significance it should be preserved.’
‘Every inch of Culloden is sacred to the memory of the clansmen who fought and died there, and should always be protected.’
14 . Living with the Battlefield