Glenfinnan (
Scottish Gaelic:
Gleann Fhionghain) is a village in
Lochaber area of the
Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite Rising began here when Prince
Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his
standard on the shores of
Loch Shiel. Seventy years later the Glenfinnan Monument - at the head of the loch - was erected to commemorate the historic event.