Fort George

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artillery fort fortress military installation

Fort George is a massive 18th-century artillery fortress near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, built after the Jacobite rising and renowned as one of the most outstanding fortifications of its kind in Europe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort George canonical 9
Fort George, Highland 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artillery fort ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
military installation ⓘ
architecturalStyle bastion fort ⓘ
star fort ⓘ
builtAfter Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
category 18th-century fortifications in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Forts in Scotland ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1769 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1748 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 57.580°N 4.059°W ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy John Adam ⓘ
Robert Adam ⓘ
William Skinner ⓘ
garrison Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland ⓘ
hasPart armoury ⓘ
barracks ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
dry moat ⓘ
magazine ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
ravelin ⓘ
sally port ⓘ
hasView Moray Firth ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
Scheduled monument ⓘ
inception 1748 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Highland council area ⓘ
locatedOn Moray Firth ⓘ
location Scottish Highlands ⓘ
near Inverness ⓘ
maintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
nearby Ardersier ⓘ
Inverness ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most outstanding artillery fortifications in Europe ⓘ
exceptional state of preservation ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator British Army ⓘ
ownedBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
purpose coastal defence ⓘ
to secure government control of the Scottish Highlands ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial events ⓘ
military training ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic Environment Scotland → manages → Fort George ⓘ
John Adam → notableWork → Fort George ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort George, Highland
Seaforth Highlanders → regimentalDepot → Fort George ⓘ
Seaforth Highlanders → garrison → Fort George ⓘ
Ardersier → hasNearbyMilitarySite → Fort George ⓘ
Moray Firth → adjacentTo → Fort George ⓘ
William Skinner → designed → Fort George ⓘ
Navy Hall → locatedNear → Fort George ⓘ
1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland → garrison → Fort George ⓘ
Murray Firth → locatedNear → Fort George ⓘ
subject surface form: Moray Firth