Battlefield Relic, The Only Witness Left Standing to the Battle of Culloden

Battlefield Relic, The Only Witness Left Standing to the Battle of Culloden. Standing on the battlefield like a timeless sentinel, Old Leanach cottage looks over the battlefield where, in 1745,. the Jacobite dream of restoring the Stuarts to the throne ended as the Jacobite army was decisively routed by a British government force. At one time the landscape of Scotland was peppered with small cottages with thatched roofs occupied by small farmers often on the estates of wealthy landlords.