Edward Is sweep through Scotland in 1296 reached as far north as Elgin. Key castles along the route, including Urquhart on Loch Ness, were captured and garrisoned. Urquhart commanded the Great Glen and northern approaches into Moray. Its capture extended English nominal control far into the Highlands, though the garrisoning of such remote strongholds proved impossible to sustain against Scottish resurgence. Urquhart would change hands multiple times during the Wars of Independence.
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