Targe
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The targe is a type of strapped round shield that was used by Scottish Highlanders in the early modern period. From the late 16th century, until the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Scottish Highlander
A Highland targe exhibited in the National Museum of Scotland
Charles Edward Stuart's highly decorated targe (1745)
Scottish reenactor wielding a targe
Battle of Culloden
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The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force command
Targe
…Targaid) is a type of strapped round shield that was used by Scottish Highlanders in the early modern period. From the late 16th century, until the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Scottish Highlander's main means of defence in battle was his targe. In February 1596, the clan leader John Grant of Freuchie was able to…
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, David Morier
Charles Edward Stuart, painted late 1745. (Original displayed at Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Culloden House, circa 1746, Charles' headquarters prior to the battle
Well of the Dead; modern remains of the park wall on the Jacobite right