MHG3115 - Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CLOCK TOWER (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Full Description
The clock tower was excluded from the List of Scheduled Monuments on 10/02/2003, as it was deemed that its status as a Category B listed building provides a more appropriate means of protection. (KC 29/04/03)
See Report No's 878 and 879. Report Library.
Excavation and Condition Report.
See assoc. docs. File for Report 878 (photos).
J Aitken : 23/05/02.
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See Parent record NH64NE0004 for the Fort as a whole.
John Wood
2/11/00
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NMRS record:
NH64NE 132 6644 4639
The clock-tower, with the ruins of the rampart and a fragment of the barracks, still stands to witness to what was once a formidable fortress.
G Erye-Todd 1923.
There also remains the bottom part of the clock tower, re-roofed, and re-furnished with a clock.... this tower was extant in 1693....
J Fraser 1910.
The clock tower still stands, in a good state of repair. It is an almost square tower (3.1m x 3.2m) of ashlar masonry with a string course c. 3.0m above ground level and is surmounted by a slated belfry with weather-vane There is a small rectangular doorway in the SE side. The clock and the bell are in good working order. The tower would appear to date from the 18th Century.
Visited by OS (W D J) 31 March 1960
MNRS Library
"Scottish Country Life" June 1928 p 177 photograph
Sources/Archives (19)
- --- SHG12316 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Tower.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12317 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Tower.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12318 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Tower.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG13601 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Clock Tower.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14281 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14282 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14283 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14284 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14285 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14286 Image/Photograph(s): Cromwell's Fort (Clock Tower), Inverness. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG1709 Text/Publication/Article: Tait, A A. 1965. 'The protectorate citadels of Scotland', Architect Hist Vol. 8 1965, p.9-19. Architect Hist. 9-19. 11, 12, 13-15.
- --- SHG2086 Text/Publication/Volume: Cruden, S. 1963. The Scottish castle. rev.. 229-30.
- --- SHG2175 Text/Publication/Volume: Eyre-Todd, G. 1923. Famous Scottish burghs: their romantic story.
- --- SHG24494 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council. 2009-11. Site visit photographs by Kerry Bennett, Conservation Officer. Colour. . Digital.
- --- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol.14 (Inverness), 15.
- --- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 27.
- --- SHG309 Text/Publication/Volume: David Perry. 1998. Inverness: an historical and archaeological review. 831-57.
- --- SHG488 Text/Publication/Article: Fraser, J. 1910. 'Cromwell's fort and Inverness harbour', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 6 1899-1906, p.93-102. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 93-102. 98ff.
- --- SHG8631 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: Inverness, Cromwell's Fort, clock tower. Colour Print. .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6644 4639 (11m by 10m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NH64NE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB35193 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13349 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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