Street View Ruthven Barracks Scotland

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Street view of Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie, Scotland. These Barracks at Ruthven, are the smallest and best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising, set on an old castle mound. It comprises two large three storey blocks occupying two sides of the enclosure each with two rooms per floor. The barracks and enclosing walls were loop holed for musket firing, and bastion towers were built at opposite corners.

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