Radical plans emerge to buy up Culloden on “behalf of nation”

[Tobus]

I'm curious as to what makes these plans "radical"? Here in the US, it is pretty much expected that sites of historical importance are taken by government under Eminent Domain and preserved as parks. But, of course, we generally have plenty of room here. Is the area around Culloden getting pretty tight, in terms of room for development and growth?

I support the effort to preserve the battle sites there. As a Texan, I would caution Scots not to let happen at Culloden what happened here at the Alamo. The city ended up developing all around it to the point where it's now virtually impossible to recreate the expanded area where everything happened. It has just become one tiny run-down building surrounded by urban development, in part because it was never fully protected as a historic landmark (until recently it was privately owned by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas). Future generations deserve the chance to experience their history, and once the land is swallowed up by development, there's no getting it back. The time is now to protect it.