Fort George Barracks
Fort George Barracks is a military installation in Highland Council, Scotland. Fort George Barracks is situated nearby to The Highlanders Museum, as well as near the place of worship Fort George Chapel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort George and Chanonry Point.
Fort George
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 Barracks.
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 Barracks.
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 Barracks.
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 Barracks.
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 Barracks.
Fort George Barracks
- Type: Military installation
- Address: Ardersier, IV2 7TE
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.58353° or 57° 35′ 1″ northLongitude
-4.07186° or 4° 4′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C9QHWMH+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11212140219OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=base
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