Old Photograph Crofters Thatched Cottage Near Fort Augustus Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters thatch cottage near Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland. In the aftermath of the Jacobite rising in 1715, General Wade built a fort, taking from 1729 until 1742, which was named after the Duke of Cumberland. Wade had planned to build a town around the new barracks and call it Wadesburgh. The settlement grew, and eventually took the name of Fort Augustus. The fort was captured by the Jacobites in April 1745, just prior to the Battle of Culloden.



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