Inverlochy Castle

The ruins of the older Inverlochy Castle, painted by Horatio McCulloch in 1857.Inverlochy Castle is a castle located near Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The modern building sits near the site of an older 13th century structure and was built in 1863 by the 1st Lord Abinger. Queen Victoria spent a week at Inverlochy during an 1873 visit to Balmoral, remarking "I never saw a lovelier or more romantic spot".

The castle has been used as a hotel since 1969. It is arguably one of the most prestigious country house hotels in the world and was voted "Best hotel in Europe" by Travel and Leisure Magazine in 2006.

The older castle is famous as a stopping off point in 1645 for the royalist army of James Graham the 1st Marquess of Montrose during his campaign against the Covenanter forces of the Marquess of Argyll during the Scottish Civil War. This culminated in a victory for the royalists in the Battle of Inverlochy on 2 February.

In recent years the Castle has annually hosted the local High School graduation party.

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