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The Loch Arkaig Jacobite Gold

Hidden 1746, Loch Arkaig, Scottish Highlands
COLD TRAIL
Evidence status: Historical tradition. no documented source (historical tradition); legal status unknown (manual verification recommended). This account is presented as historical tradition, not verified fact. Manual verification recommended. Repository evidence: 0 sources · 0 timeline events · 0 media items · legal unknown · view on the Map Evidence on file: historical tradition

The Loch Arkaig Jacobite Gold: still unexplained.

35,000 louis d'or for a lost rebellion

The subject
developing the photograph…
The manifest
35,000 louis d'or for a lost rebellion
Last known, where the trail went cold
Landed too late for Culloden, split and buried along the loch by clan keepers, and Cluny Macpherson's accounting never balanced.
The account

France sent gold for a rising that was already bleeding out. So the coin went into Highland ground, entrusted to men whose ledgers grew quieter every year. Some was spent, some stolen, and some, by every honest reckoning, is still under the heather.

Leads, where the trail points now
  • Where the trail goes cold: Landed too late for Culloden, split and buried along the loch by clan keepers, and Cluny Macpherson's accounting never balanced. That is where any serious search begins.
  • What you are chasing is 35,000 louis d'or for a lost rebellion. Work the documented record of The Loch Arkaig Jacobite Gold back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Loch Arkaig, Scottish Highlands and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
What the record holds

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
What we know, and what we don't
Established

No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.

Still open
  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
The evidence room

No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.

Where the trail points now
  • Where the trail goes cold: Landed too late for Culloden, split and buried along the loch by clan keepers, and Cluny Macpherson's accounting never balanced. That is where any serious search begins.
  • What you are chasing is 35,000 louis d'or for a lost rebellion. Work the documented record of The Loch Arkaig Jacobite Gold back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Loch Arkaig, Scottish Highlands and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
  • Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
  • Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
  • Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.

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Chart position 56.970°, -5.120° (approx.) View on the Map