Fort George With Music On History Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the exterior and interior of 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 ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Highlands. 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 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 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, had a contract to rebuild the fortress at a new location. Work began in 1748, with Colonel Skinner in charge, and the Adam brothers, John, Robert and later James, acting as contractors, overseeing around 1,000 soldiers who provided labour and defended the site against attack. By 1757 the main defences were in place, and Fort George was finally completed in 1769. A dry moat separates the outer earthworks from the fort itself. The drawbridge in Fort George was one of several lines of defence against potential attack. The chapel was added to the fort in 1767. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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