2022

NH7656 : Fort George: the Duke of Cumberland's bastion

taken 2 years ago, near to Fort George, Highland, Scotland

This is 1 of 9 images, with title starting with Fort George: the in this square
Fort George: the Duke of Cumberland's bastion
Fort George: the Duke of Cumberland's bastion
A siege mortar in the foreground and in the left background a 'very rare' 19th Century Armstrong 64-pounder for coastal defence. The red flag in the background indicates that the adjacent rifle range is in use. Cumberland was instrumental in defeating the Jacobite forces at Culloden and the brutal repression that followed: LinkExternal link .

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Bill Harrison and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts People, Events Defence, Military Place: Fort George Person: Duke of Cumberland other tags: Siege Mortar Field Gun Red Flag Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Rifle Range [5] · Red Flag [4] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
NH7656, 281 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bill Harrison   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 20 April, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 7640 5690 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:35.1100N 4:4.1389W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 7639 5689
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 23 times
You are not logged in login | register