The siege of Inverness took place Process_start in 1649 as part of the 17th-century Scottish Civil War that was , in turn , part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms .

On 22 February they entered Arriving Inverness , where they expelled Removing the garrison of Inverness Castle and afterwards demolished Destroying the walls and fortifications .

On 22 February they entered Arriving Inverness , where they expelled Removing the garrison of Inverness Castle and afterwards demolished Destroying the walls and fortifications .

The clans then retreated Escaping from Inverness back into Ross-shire .

Bealach nam Brog lies about 20 miles northwest of Inverness in the parish of Fodderty , overlooking the A835 road that goes west past Loch Glascarnoch to Ullapool .

The siege Besieging of Inverness Castle took place Process_start in 1562 .

When Mary , Queen of Scots visited Traveling Inverness on 9 September 1562 the gates of the castle were shut in her face by Alexander Gordon upon the orders Arranging of George Gordon , 4th Earl of Huntly , who was chief of Clan Gordon and Sheriff of the county .

The Queen slept at Inverness Castle on the nights of 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 September 1562 , then moved Motion on to Spynie Palace .

The English diplomat Thomas Randolph recorded Recording a remark made by Queen Mary at Inverness , who was in high spirits and undismayed in the conflict Hostile_encounter .