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HighlandSniper58
15-03-04, 20:58
The island of St Helena was not the first choice of prison for Naopleon after his capture in 1815 - where was the alternative place of incarceration?
Derrick Stephenson
15-03-04, 21:09
Hello Highland Sniper,
Good on yer Bud, keep 'em coming. You are right on my question.
Was it Corsica?
Derrick.
HighlandSniper58
15-03-04, 22:14
Negative - a bit closer to home (not his)
Bombardier
15-03-04, 22:35
Chislehurst, England where he died in exile :shock:
Derrick Stephenson
15-03-04, 22:38
Was it the Isle of Elba?
Derrick.
HighlandSniper58
16-03-04, 09:31
Come on guys, forget the Med, closer to home.
HighlandSniper58
17-03-04, 18:19
Much, much closer................. ;)
Drone_pilot
17-03-04, 18:38
the tower of london ?
HighlandSniper58
17-03-04, 18:48
Getting warmer, but too close to home now, stay on the UK mainland, but only just.
Drone_pilot
17-03-04, 18:58
Dover Castle :)
Bombardier
17-03-04, 19:07
Getting warmer, but too close to home now, stay on the UK mainland, but only just

Oh you tease Highlandsniper58 cyc;
HighlandSniper58
17-03-04, 19:12
north lads................much further north.

Going cryptic...............

Col. Tim didn't go there with them.
Zofo
18-03-04, 14:46
Would he have been packed off to Ireland then? Col. Tim went to Basra so they couldn't have sent him there?!
HighlandSniper58
18-03-04, 16:20
No, but Celtic. Where didn't Col. Tim go after Basra that his boys did?
Zofo
18-03-04, 21:51
How about Scottish Isles or mainland Scotland? Getting desperate here!
HighlandSniper58
18-03-04, 21:59
Getting very hot now!
Derrick Stephenson
20-03-04, 18:36
Hi, Highland Sniper,
Would it be the Shetland Islands?
Derrick.
HighlandSniper58
21-03-04, 19:40
No - look back at my clues, too far north, nothing but sheep up there! ;)
Viking
21-03-04, 19:51
could it be the isle of Skye Im sure me ancestors invaded there at some time. rbo;
HighlandSniper58
21-03-04, 21:24
Go east my boy.
Bombardier
21-03-04, 21:43
well then east of sky could be Rona Scalpay. or Raasay ??? :lol:
Zofo
21-03-04, 22:07
Blimey, this is difficult - Edinburgh Castle? :x
HighlandSniper58
21-03-04, 22:14
Gonig east from Skye does not take you to Edinburgh dear boy, whereas if you head east from norther part of said isle, you may well hover over my destination.

I'm making it too easy for you now.............57°58'N 04°07'W - I can't make it any easier than that now can I?
Zofo
21-03-04, 22:37
You spotted my lamentable lack of geographical knowledge! your coordinates are somewhere close to Aberdeen so Orkney Islands!
HighlandSniper58
22-03-04, 10:41
Aghhhhh! Who's got a GPS?

OK, I will publish the answer to this one after 18:00 today assuming it hasn't been guessed by then. Final clue...............

Built by the English after the fall of the Yound Pretender, obsolete almost immediately, but still in use today. Massive and spectacular, home to men from across the water.
Drone_pilot
22-03-04, 12:44
Fort William ? dr;
HighlandSniper58
22-03-04, 12:52
Almost..................other end of the Great Glen, turn right, along the coast a bit..............
Drone_pilot
22-03-04, 15:23
Inverlochy Castle??
HighlandSniper58
22-03-04, 16:27
That's only half way up the Glen - go right up to Inverness and trun right, go tne miles until your way is effectively blocked - you've arrived! Last clue.

I will reveal answerr this evening if no-one gets it by then.
HighlandSniper58
22-03-04, 20:09
Well you lot - no more clues on this one................

The answer is Fort George, Nr. Inverness. Home of the Highland Garrison, currently 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment.
Fort George was built as part of a network of fortesses in the mid-18th centuary following the Jacobite rising. Although virtually obsolete by the time is was completed, it was modernised in the early c.19th and is still erforming the role for which it was orogonally intended some 250 years later.

It is the home of the Seaforths and Camerons museum and well worth a visit.

For a picture of ths spectacular fortress http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/1810/password//sort/1/cat/500/page/1
Derrick Stephenson
22-03-04, 21:01
Hi, Highland Sniper,
You are far and away the record holder for the no. of hits and answers for any single question.
Brilliant!!!!
Derrick.
HighlandSniper58
22-03-04, 22:14
Glad you enjoyed it!
Zofo
23-03-04, 10:25
Best quiz question for answers yet! Is there a link u can supply for this Napoleonic connection pse?
HighlandSniper58
23-03-04, 11:29
Herewith several links covering this subject:

http://www.heritage.me.uk/misc/fort_george.htm
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/F/FO/FORT_GEORGE.htm
http://www.cabarfeidh.com/
Drone_pilot
23-03-04, 11:36
a good Napoleon site is

http://www.napoleonguide.com/index.htm

or

http://www.napoleonseries.org/
Zofo
23-03-04, 11:52
I remember seeing a tv show about Fort George about a year or so ago it didn't mention the Napoleon link tho' - miserable swine or maybe the quiz might have been over ages ago!
Thanks folks for these links.