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Old Photograph Bridge of Gaur Scotland
Old photograph of cottages in Bridge of Gaur in Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. There was once a military barracks at Bridge of Gaur, the barracks were built in 1746 in response to the Jacobite uprisings, and to overawe the Robertson clan, though, by a strange quirk of fate, they would later become the residence of the chief. Following the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, " Butcher Cumberland ordered his troops to show no quarter to any remaining Jacobite rebels. The Hanoverian Army, known as Redcoats, then embarked upon the pacification of Jacobite areas of the Highlands. Numerous barracks were constructed throughout the Highlands to house the Government troops, including one at the head of Loch Rannoch at Braes of Rannoch which is now called Bridge of Gaur.
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