The Prince's Cairn marks the traditional spot from where Prince Charles Edward Stuart embarked for France from Scotland on 20 September 1746 following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745. The cairn is located on the shores of Loch nan Uamh in Lochaber. It was erected in 1956 by the 1745 Association. A historical society dedicated to the study, recording and preservation of the memories of the Jacobite period.
Although the cairn commemorates the final departure of Bonnie Prince Charlie before his exile to France, Loch nan Uamh is also where the Young Pretender first stepped ashore on mainland Great Britain on 25 July 1745 and where - in April 1746 - he escaped to the Hebrides after the defeat of his forces at the Battle of Culloden.