Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle

Urquhart (pronounced irk-hart) Castle, now in glorious ruins, was once the most important fortification in the region, sacked by the English king Edward I in the 1290s and retaken by the Scottish king Robert I in 1308. Today the tower retains an architectural profile on the banks of Loch Ness and the grounds include the vitrified stone remains of a medieval fortress.