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.Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 18th-century fortress built in the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745
- Also known as: “An Gearastan”, “Dùn Deòrsa”, and “Fort George, Highland”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chanonry Point and Chanonry Lighthouse.
Chanonry Point
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Shirehorse, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, Scotland. Chanonry Point is situated 1 mile southwest of Fort George.
Chanonry Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Vcarceler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, Scotland. Chanonry Lighthouse is situated 1 mile southwest of Fort George.
Groam House Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Groam House Museum is a museum of Celtic and Pictish Art. Located in the village of Rosemarkie in the Black Isle, Scotland, its collection contains both the Rosemarkie Stone, one of the major surviving examples of Pictish art in stone, and the Rosemarkie sculpture fragments, that are 14 stone fragments, the most well-known being Daniels Stone. Groam House Museum is situated 1½ miles west of Fort George.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosemarkie and Ardersier.
Rosemarkie
Village
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosemarkie is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. Rosemarkie is situated 1½ miles west of Fort George.
Ardersier
Village
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ardersier is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners", one local legend being that… Ardersier is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort George.
Fortrose
Town
Photo: nathanandrewbaker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland council area of Scotland, about six miles northeast of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th-century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. Chanonry Point, a nearby headland projecting into the Moray Firth, is a popular location for dolphin spotting. Fortrose is situated 2 miles west of Fort George.
Fort George
- Categories: barracks, military museum, fort, tourism, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.58386° or 57° 35′ 2″ northLongitude
-4.07095° or 4° 4′ 15″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C9QHWMH+GJOpenStreetMap ID
way 34652563OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
military=barracksOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort George” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “喬治堡”
- Czech: “Fort George”
- Danish: “Fort George (Highland)”
- Danish: “Fort George”
- Dutch: “Fort George”
- Estonian: “Fort George (Šotimaa)”
- Estonian: “Fort George”
- French: “An Gearastan”
- French: “Dùn Deòrsa”
- French: “Fort George”
- German: “Fort George (Highland)”
- German: “Fort George (Schottland)”
- German: “Fort George”
- Irish: “Dùn Deòrsa”
- Italian: “Fort George”
- Japanese: “フォート・ジョージ (スコットランド)”
- Portuguese: “Forte George”
- Russian: “Форт Джордж (Шотландия)”
- Russian: “Форт Джордж”
- Scots: “Fort George, Hieland”
- Scots: “Fort George”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Deòrsa”
- Slovenian: “Fort George”
- Spanish: “Fort George”
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