In 1881 this memorial cairn was erected by Duncan Forbes. It is 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and there's a plaque built into the cairn with the following inscription:
THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN
WAS FOUGHT ON THIS MOOR
16TH APRIL 1746
THE GRAVES OF THE GALLANT HIGHLANDERS WHO FOUGHT FOR SCOTLAND & PRINCE CHARLIE, ARE MARKED BY THE NAMES OF THEIR CLANS.
A metal plaque on the left side reads:
THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND
This cairn was placed in the care of the Trust in 1944 by Hector Forbes of Culloden.
It was erected in 1881 by his kinsman Duncan Forbes of Culloden,
who also set up the headstones on the surrounding graves of the clans.