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Culloden Battlefield, Scottish Highlands
Leanach Cottage on Culloden Battlefield near Inverness. The thatched roofed farmhouse of Leanach which stands today dates from about 1760. It however stands on the same location as the turf-walled cottage that likely served as a field hospital to Government troops following the battle of Culloden between the Jacobites and the Government Army in 1746, some 14 years earlier.
Old Leanach Cottage is now kept by the National Trust for Scotland, as is the Moor, and the Old Leanach Cottage has been refurbished to look like it would have done in the 18th century. The cottage did have surrounding barns but these were burnt down when Government redcoats found 30 wounded Jacobites seeking refuge within them. The story goes that they barricaded the barn and burnt the Jacobites alive.
Culloden is the site of the last battle to be fought on mainland Britain.
Culloden Battlefield, Scottish Highlands
Leanach Cottage on Culloden Battlefield near Inverness. The thatched roofed farmhouse of Leanach which stands today dates from about 1760. It however stands on the same location as the turf-walled cottage that likely served as a field hospital to Government troops following the battle of Culloden between the Jacobites and the Government Army in 1746, some 14 years earlier.
Old Leanach Cottage is now kept by the National Trust for Scotland, as is the Moor, and the Old Leanach Cottage has been refurbished to look like it would have done in the 18th century. The cottage did have surrounding barns but these were burnt down when Government redcoats found 30 wounded Jacobites seeking refuge within them. The story goes that they barricaded the barn and burnt the Jacobites alive.
Culloden is the site of the last battle to be fought on mainland Britain.