Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Fort George. You may be able to find further references to Fort George in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
George, Fort fort Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Fort George within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Thomas Pennant August 30-September 5: The Great Glen and Argyll 2
John Wesley 1769-70: Opens a New Church; Comments on Rousseau; Geology; Swedenborg 1
Thomas Pennant August 14-18: Inverness and the Black Isle 1
Thomas Pennant Appendix II: Of Elgin and the Shire of Murray 1
Thomas Pennant Appendix VIII: Itinerary 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Chanonry 0 2
Rosemarkie 0 2
Ardersier 0 4
Fortrose 0 2
Avoch 0 2
Petty 0 2
Croy 0 2
Dalcross 0 2
Kilravock 0 2
Jemimaville 0 2
Cromartyshire 0 2
Cawdor 2 2
Black Isle 0 2
Cromarty 6 4
Resolis 0 3
Culloden 0 2
Knockbain 0 2
Munlochy 0 2
Nairn 9 5
Sutors of Cromarty 0 1