Image caption Re-enactors in uniforms worn by Scottish soldiers in the Crimean War at Fort George
Image caption A parade of re-enactors at the fort Fort George was built on the southern shores of the Inner Moray Firth at Ardersier, near Inverness, on the orders of King George II following the Battle of Culloden in 1746. It was a symbol of the Crown and was given the resources to crack down on fresh Jacobite rebellions, or risings. The fort had capacity for a garrison of 1,600 infantrymen with access to numerous cannon, muskets, pikes and swords. The magazine could hold 2,500 gunpowder barrels and there were also provision stores and a brew house.
Sheep riots
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Image caption Fort George was built as an artillery fortification By early August, a band of protesters had rounded up 6,000 sheep and driven them south to Beauly, near Inverness. Soldiers of the 42nd Regiment, better known as the Black Watch, were sent from Fort George to arrest the sheep drivers. Two of those arrested were later banished from Scotland for the rest of their lives. Fort George would go on to provide a base for armed forces personnel training for D-Day during World War Two.
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Image caption The site has accommodated soldiers for almost 250 years The fortification was used as a base for tank troops and their armoured vehicles. The tanks would run on the roads from Fort George to Burghead in Moray for training on beaches there.
Saddam Hussein Soldiers who served in those units told of the lumbering tanks accidentally ripping out farmers' roadside fence posts during the runs to from the exercises. The troops always reinstated the posts after their training. Today, the fort provides a base for battalions of the British Army. As well as the Black Watch, these have included the 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment. While the Royal Irish were at Fort George a large painting of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, a souvenir from the battalion's tour of duty of Iraq, dominated a wall on the stairs to the sergeants' mess. Related Topics History
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