Urquhart

Urquhart Castle stands on a rocky promontory overlooking Loch Ness, commanding a stretch of the Great Glen. Its walls witnessed repeated struggles for control of the Highlands. In 1332, after the death of Robert I, it was the only Highland castle still holding out against the English. Centuries later, amid the Jacobite wars, its garrison destroyed the gatehouse in 1692 to prevent the castle from serving again as a stronghold.