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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CLOCK TOWER [Inverness] 004
DOCK [Inverness] Dock
Dock
Dock
Donald McDonald
John Rhind, Architect
A.P. Hay. Town Chamberlain
004 Tis Dock, which is used for repairing vessels, is constructed at the southern entrance of the once Wet Ditch of Cromwell's Fort.

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[page] 24 (with 10 underneath) Town of Inverness
Clock Tower situation - 4.13.15
Dock situation - 4.13.20
Cromwell's Fort continued from page 23 - accommodation for a thousand men
On the restoration of Charles II. it was demolished at the request of the Highland Chiefs in 1662.
A portion of the factory since erected there still remains and is used as a drill-hall by the Inverness Volunteer Artillery as also the clock Tower of the same building; but whether this Clock Tower formed part of Cromwell's original buildings or not cannot now be ascertained.

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Clock Tower - Information is given within the description of Cromwell's Fort.

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