Fort George (Highland)

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.

The fortification is based on a star design; it remains virtually unaltered and nowadays is open to visitors with exhibits and facsimiles showing the fort's use at different periods, while still serving as an army barracks.

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Fort George (Highland) ranks #1,054 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #29 of the 167 mapped in Scotland. Founded 1748, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,439 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Inverness, 14 km away. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Scottish Highlands. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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