Inverlochy
Inverlochy maps (1 available)
Map of Inverness-Shire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
See this old map of Inverness-Shire
Inverlochy books (1 available)
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Inverlochy memories
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just a kid
was just a kid growing up, i was 8 when i left but i will always remember how awesom inverlochy was my grandparents lived on 1 montose avenue and we spent a lot of time there, years have passed but the beauty still remains, i hope to come home soon.
Contributed by david calder
Inverness-Shire memories
just a kid
was just a kid growing up, i was 8 when i left but i will always remember how awesom inverlochy was my grandparents lived on 1 montose avenue and we spent a lot of time there, years have passed but the beauty still remains, i hope to come home soon.
A memory of Inverlochy contributed by david calder
Family
I with my mum, sisters and brother moved to Fort William on the 19th of February 1978, from Hove. What a culture shock! The sun shone down on us for 2 days and then it was typical Fort William weather after that. The only good thing was the scenery. We had a good view of Ben Nevis from our windows. The down side was that I missed all my cousins and aunts and uncles who still lived in Shoreham and Steyning.
A memory of Fort William contributed by janice dow
Life in Cannich and Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father Leon A. Lalonde had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. They had previously been awarded a large contract to build a Hydro Electric Scheme in Glen Affric. Moving to Scotland in the middle of winter was not an ideal time to relocate house and home.
On our arrival we stayed in the comfortable Affric Hotel for two weeks while Dad found us a place to live. Finally he was able to secure a small house called "Fasnakyle Cottage". It was a crofters cottage, containing a living room, one bedroom, a bathroom and ...read more here
A memory of Glen Affric contributed by Denman Lalonde
Extracts From Inverlochy & Inverness-Shire books
Inverlochy dates from the 13th century. It was here on 2 February 1645, after a forced march covering 30 miles in 36 hours over difficult terrain in the worst weather in living memory, that the great Marquess of Montrose, with fewer than 2,000 men, defeated a much larger force of Covenanters, Campbells and Lowlanders.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Castles".
This 13th-century castle, home of the Comyn family, is built in the form of a square, with round towers at the corners. Set on the banks of the River Lochy, it is one of Scotland’s earliest stone castles, and it was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis of Montrose with 1,500 troops defeated a 5,000 strong force of Campbells and Lowlanders. The clan power of Argyll is said to have been destroyed for a generation.
An extract from from"Scotland".
It was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis of Montrose with 1,500 troops defeated a 5,000 strong force of Campbells and Lowlanders. The clan power of Argyll is said to have been destroyed for a generation.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".
The 13th-century fortress at Inverlochy is a quadrangular enceinte with a round tower at each of the angles; the largest of these is known as Comyn’s Tower, and forms the donjon. It was here on 2 February 1645, after a forced march covering 30 miles in 36 hours over difficult terrain in some of the worst weather in living memory, that the great Marquess of Montrose, with fewer than 2000 men, defeated a much larger force of Covenanters, Campbells and Lowlanders. Despite getting off several volleys, the Lowlanders simply disintegrated under the impact of an attack by Montrose’s Irish troops led by Alistair MacColla. The Campbells fought well, but Montrose’s Highlanders fought the better: this was a time for clans to settle accounts with the Campbells. The Covenanter field commander Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck was among the dead, though his superior, the Duke of Argyll, had seen fit to remain upon his galley in the loch during the whole proceedings. The banks of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil were strewn with Covenanter dead as the Highlanders hunted down Campbell fugitives from the battle. Auchinbreck’s musketeers, who had been positioned on the ramparts of the castle, were happy enough to surrender on terms. Argyll and Auchinbreck alike must have sensed that the day would be hard the moment they saw the royal standard and heard Montrose’s pipers playing that quaint Cameron ditty ‘Sons of dogs, come and we will give you flesh’. It is said that Inverlochy destroyed the clan power of Argyll for a generation.
An extract from from"Scottish Castles".