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Importance of showing respect
21 of comments mentioned the need to show respect for the site and the people who died there.
% MENTIONED WITHIN:
INVERNESS-SHIRE REST OF SCOTLAND REST OF UK OUTSIDE OF UK
Key comments included:
‘It’s a war grave. Those who lie beneath the ground should be respected.’
‘It must remain as it is, out of respect for the fallen, so that generations that come after us, will be able to pay their respects.’
‘Culloden should be as respected as the beaches of Normandy; the enormity of the events that happened here should not be plowed over for commercial gain.’
Again, there was significant anxiety around
development and a tension between concerns around commercialisation of the site and the need to respect the people who died there.
16%
22%
21%
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‘The preservation respects that real people lost their lives and have been buried there.’
‘This is the final resting place of some of my ancestors and anything other than leaving it as it is is abhorrent and disrespectful.’
16 . Living with the Battlefield