Forts · Scottish Highlands
Fort George
In or near Ardersier.
Fort George — Military fortress near Ardresier, Scotland.
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Fort George is a fort in highlands. Established 1748. (Military fortress near Ardresier, Scotland.) According to Wikipedia: "Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing a Fort George in Inverness constructed after the 1715 Jacobite rising to control the area. The current fortress has never been attacked and has remained in continuous use as a garrison."
- Coordinates
- 57.5839, -4.0709
- Established
- 1748
Sources
- osm: w34652563 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Fort George, Highland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Fort George - geograph.org.uk - 1242152.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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