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Flora MacDonald's Grave

Kilmuir, Isle of Skye

The heroine who rescued Bonnie Prince Charlie, buried in his sheet.

In 1746 Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape by disguising him as her maid, 'Betty Burke', and taking him 'over the sea to Skye'. She died in 1790 and was buried in Kilmuir wrapped in a sheet the prince had slept in.

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When
Died 1790
Where
57.6350, -6.3770
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

Kilmuir graveyard is near the Skye Museum of Island Life.

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