Inverlochy Castle
Inverlochy Castle near Fort William is a substantial thirteenth-century Comyn enclosure castle, one of the best-preserved examples of a courtyard castle in Scotland with near-perfect square plan and large round corner towers. The castle controlled the southern approaches to the Great Glen and was the site of two historically significant battles: the 1431 Battle of Inverlochy and the famous 1645 Battle where Montrose's Royalist army routed the Campbell Marquess of Argyll's Covenanting force. Freely accessible and in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, the castle's setting near Fort William beneath Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, with Loch Linnhe stretching to the south, is of exceptional scenic quality. The wider Lochaber area is often called the Outdoor Capital of the UK.