After occupying Inverness in February 1746, the Jacobites besieged the original Fort George within the city itself — distinct from the great new fort later built at Ardersier Point. The garrison under Major Grant resisted briefly before surrendering. The Jacobites subsequently blew up the fort. This destruction made a new and much stronger fortification at Ardersier Point necessary after Culloden — the great Fort George completed in 1769 and still in military use today. The Inverness fort's fall completed Jacobite control of the Highland capital and eliminated the last government presence in the city.
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