Fort George

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.

Text adapted from “Fort George, Highland” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort George zajmuje 717. miejsce na 3813 w rankingu rozpoznawalności zamków tego atlasu i 29. wśród 88 obiektów w Szkocji. Powstał w 1748 i jest starszy niż 20% datowanych obiektów atlasu — jeden z 274 obiektów atlasu powstałych w XVIII wiek. Zobacz w statystykach zamków, jak wypada Szkocja.

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