OS1/17/26/1

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Inverness-shire OS Name Books, 1876-1878
  4. Inverness-shire Mainland volume 26
  5. OS1/17/26/1
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FORT GEORGE Fort George
Fort George
Fort George		 Lieut [Lieutenant] McCallum Commanding R.A. [Royal Artillery]
Mr Edes Clerk of Works
Barrack Sergeant Davidson		 001 ; 001 A large irregular and strong fortress, built on a cape jutting into the Moray Firth and forming the Northern point of Ardersier Parish, commenced in the year 1748 and completed about 20 years after, it consists of 7 Bastions, 5 Curtains and 1 Ravelin, the land front is the only regular built portion of the Fortress and consists of 2 half bastions, Curtain, Main Ditch (which can be flooded) Revelin,
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Fort George Parish of Ardersier
County of Inverness

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Nora Edwards, Bizzy- Moderator, DANIALSAN

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Ardersier Parish, Inverness-shire County

  Linked mapsheets.

Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Argyllshire, Sheet I Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Argyllshire, Sheet I
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Inverness-shire (mainland), Sheet Ia (inset Ib) Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Inverness-shire (mainland), Sheet Ia (inset Ib)
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Inverness-shire (mainland), Sheet I Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Inverness-shire (mainland), Sheet I
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Inverness-shire (isle Of Skye), Sheet I Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Inverness-shire (isle Of Skye), Sheet I