For other uses see Fort George (disambiguation)Fort George (Gaelic: Dùn Deòrsa or An Gearastan meaning literally the garrison) 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 pacify 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.
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