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Fort George

Address: Ardersier
Phone: 01667/460232
www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

Category: Museums/Galleries, Military Sites
Location: Ardersier

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As a direct result of the battle at Culloden, the nervous government in London ordered the construction of a large fort on a promontory reaching into the Moray Firth: Fort George was started in 1748 and completed some 20 years later. It survives today as perhaps the best-preserved 18th-century military fortification in Europe. A visitor center and tableaux at the fort portray the 18th-century Scottish soldier's way of life, as does the Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders. To get here take the B9092 north from A96 west of Nairn.

Cost: £6.50
Open: Apr.-Sept., daily 9:30-6:30; Oct.-Mar., daily 9:30-4:30; last admission 45 mins before closing

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