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Description: | Brass medallion struck to commemorate the defeat of the scottish highland forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) in 1746. On Wednesday 16th April, the English commander, The Duke of Cumberland, defeated the Scottish forces at the battle of Culloden in just 25 minutes, but the prince managed to escape. Cumberland, on return from his victory in Scotland, rested at Stamford during the journey to London. Celebrations were held in the town in his honour and it is believed that he stayed at the Black Bull Inn, or possibly The White Hart at 17 St Georges Street, which is very near to the medallions findspot.
The obverse of the medallion depicts the Duke in military uniform, mounted with sword raised and the legend 'DUKE OF CUMBER'. The reverse depicts the Prince reaching for the crown which is on a pedestal but being pulled off by a military figure. The legend reads: COME BACK AGAIN. Below this reads PRETENDER.
This object was found during the removal of an 18th century reed and plaster wall, indicating that it had been deliberately deposited in the wall during construction. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1746 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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