SCOTLAND’S independence dreams may have been punctured at Culloden 275 years ago this week but the cause for which the Jacobites stood is as strong now as ever, a historical expert has told the Sunday National. Scottish historian Professor Murray Pittock, who will be hosting a series of National Trust for Scotland online events on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the last battle on British soil, believes that Jacobitism has become a strong reference point for indy support. And the NTS trustee believes, too, that Bonnie Prince Charlie could have been throwing his support behind moves for a fully governing Scottish Parliament in a united kingdom.