I'm ashamed to say that I'd never been to Fort George until I took Pauline there when she came off the plane from Dublin on a beautiful Monday afternoon a couple of weeks ago and we started our Highlands and Islands safari. Fort George is a working garrison as well as a historic monument.
It was built after the Jacobite uprising of 1745 and their defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The English and their allies were determined that the Jacobites would never again pose a credible threat.
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| Fort George from the air looking North |
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| The bridge over the first moat (though I'm not sure that it was a water moat) |
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| The 'moat' area between the outer and inner fortifications |
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| The inner parade ground from the top of the north embankment under which were fortified stores and quarters |
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| The (Church of Scotland) Chapel |
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| Church attendance was compulsory in the early days. |
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| The three tier pulpit is unusual but not unique.The top is for the minister, the reader stands in the middle section to read from the Bible, and the precentor stands in the bottom section to lead the singing. |
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| An angel playing the bagpipes: possibly unique in a stained glass window |
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| A swivel gun sea defence |
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| One of the batteries pointing out to sea |
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| The Chapel and the stables |
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| Mortar defending the fort from a land attack |
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| The parade ground and barrack square |
