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  • Beach Hunt For Lost Jacobite Gold

    02/19/2007 10:35:53 AM PST · by blam · 32 replies · 1,248+ views
    BBC ^ | 2-19-2007
    Beach hunt for lost Jacobite gold The gold was intended for Bonnie Prince Charlie Archaeologists hope to find missing French gold sent to Scotland to help fund a Jacobite Rebellion buried under a remote Highland beach. A portion of the money was believed to have been hidden at Arisaig, near Mallaig, in the 1700s. Neil Oliver is leading the hunt for the gold for a new BBC Two series called History Detectives. The money did not arrive in Scotland until after the Jacobites' defeat at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. It was intended to finance Charles Edward Stuart...