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Inverness, engraved by W. Miller after J.M.W. Turner (Corson A.13.COL.a.1834-6/26)

Inverness, engraved by W. Miller after J.M.W. Turner (1836).

 

From: The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Vol. 26 (Edinburgh: Cadell, 1836).

A royal burgh since the 12th century and a city since the year 2000, Inverness has long been considered the capital of the Highlands. Following the Jacobite Uprising of 1715, its castle was greatly enlarged by General Wade, and a substantial garrison quartered there as a means of pacifying the Highlands. The town was captured by the Jacobites in 1746, who after their defeat a Culloden, destroyed most of the Castle by laying mines under it. The massive military complex of Fort George was subsequently built just outside Inverness.