The Highlanders Museum
The Highlanders Museum is a museum in Highland Council, Scotland. The Highlanders Museum is situated nearby to Fort George, as well as near the village Rosemarkie.- Type: Museum
- Description: regimental museum in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Highlanders‘ Museum”, “Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection”, “Queen’s Own Highlanders Regimental Museum”, and “The Highlanders‘ Museum”
- Address: Ardersier, IV2 7TD
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 The Highlanders Museum.
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 The Highlanders Museum.
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 The Highlanders Museum.
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 The Highlanders Museum.
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 The Highlanders Museum.
The Highlanders Museum
- Categories: regimental museum, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.58427° or 57° 35′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.07117° or 4° 4′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C9QHWMH+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 6783208571OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q47164743
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