Barracks In Fort George On Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the Barracks for 1,600 enlisted men and officers in Fort George, Gaelic: Dùn Deòrsa or An Gearastan, the latter meaning literally " the garrison ", a large 18th century fortress near Ardersier, to the north east of Inverness on visit to the Highlands. The Fort was built expressly to quench the Jacobite cause in the Highlands following the failed attempt to seize the throne by Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. The first Fort George was built in 1727 in Inverness; it was a large fortress capable of housing 400 troops on a hill beside the River Ness, on the site of, and incorporating portions of, the medieval castle which had been rebuilt as a citadel by Oliver Cromwell but later abandoned. The first commanding officer of the original Fort George was Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, Colonel of the 42nd Royal Highlanders Black Watch and chief of the Highland Clan Munro. During the 1745 rising the original fort was seized by the Jacobites, who had it blown up in 1746 to prevent the Hanoverians from using it as a base. In 1747 Colonel William Skinner, the King's Military Engineer for North Britain, let a contract to rebuild the fortress at a new location. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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