A HARDY tartan horde braved the snow and temperatures of -2C to march in protest against a planned housing development near historic Culloden battlefield yesterday.
Around 50 protesters – many in kilts carrying banners – walked from the site of the last battle fought on British soil, in 1746, to Viewfield Farm just half a mile from the battlefield.
A developer was granted permission to build a 16-house development in 2014 and the project has now been taken over by Inverurie-based Kirkwood homes.
The scheme had initially been turned down by Highland Council but the decision was overturned by the Government on appeal.
The company is planning luxury four and five-bedroomed houses at the site they call Cairnfields which they say will be “an intimate and extremely luxurious development”.
Yesterday, the protestors – backed by Diana Gabaldon, author of the smash hit Outlander series of novels – voiced their anger.
George Kempick, founder of the “Stop the Development at Culloden”, said: “This development will create an irreparable scar on Culloden Moor and will ultimately disrespect those who died and lie buried under its unforgiving moorland. It’s building on war graves.”
“Diana is right behind us.”
The battle was the final confrontation of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 led by Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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