Aerial view of Fort Augustus, looking E.
SC 1944454
Description Aerial view of Fort Augustus, looking E.
Date 21/8/1999
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 1944454
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content To the left on the shore of Loch Ness is Fort Augustus completed in 1749 as a military fort. Only the NE and lower course of the W bastion remains. It was eventually absorbed into the Benedictine Monastery, built in a Gothic style 1876-1980. Part became a boys school in 1878. In the centre is the Swing Bridge which carries the A82 over the Caledonian Canal and left the flight of 5 locks completed 1820. In the foreground is the River Oich and road bridge which replaced an older bridge. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2019/15
External Reference S0921
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