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  • To avoid freezing to death the army had force marched for two days and nights and reached a mountainside above the Campbell camp at Inverlochy.

    Weatherwatch: Winter snow fades in the highlands 2011

  • Close on the river stood, in dismal majesty, the ponderous castle of Inverlochy, with its round towers and heavy stone walls, which, from its strength and magnitude, seemed rather to be inhabited by a race of giants than of men.

    The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

  • Inverlochy, and there met with Ian of Glenroy, who had been out for intelligence.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • Argyle is moving upon Inverlochy with three thousand chosen men, commanded by the flower of the sons of Diarmid. —

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • But when Montrose should break up from Inverlochy, for which orders were expected in the course of a very few days, it was agreed that the young Countess should depart with her father to his

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • The remainder threw themselves into the old Castle of Inverlochy; but being without either provisions or hopes of relief, they were obliged to surrender, on condition of being suffered to return to their homes in peace.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • The death of the great Marquis of Montrose on the one side, the defeat at Inverlochy, and cruel plundering of Lorn, on the other, were reciprocal injuries not likely to be forgotten.

    Rob Roy 2005

  • After the battle of Inverlochy in 1644 a two part version of the tune acquired a Gaelic lyric.

    We'll ne'er forget the people 2002

  • His most famous song was on the Battle of Inverlochy, fought between the MacDonalds and the Campbells in 1645.

    Them and Us 2002

  • We had passed the old castle of Inverlochy in the dark of the previous night, and, as we wished to visit it in the daylight that morning, we arranged that the guide should meet us on a bridge outside the town, which we must cross on our way to and from what we were told was once a royal castle, where King Achius signed a treaty with Charlemagne.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

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