Editing Inverness (section)

=== Post-medieval ===
In 1562, during the progress undertaken to suppress Huntly's insurrection, [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], was denied admittance into [[Inverness Castle]] by the governor, who belonged to the earl's faction, and whom she afterwards caused to be hanged.<ref name="EB1911"/> The [[Clan Munro]] and [[Clan Fraser of Lovat]] took the castle for her.<ref>[[George Buchanan]]'s (1506–1582), History of Scotland, completed in 1579, first published in 1582.</ref> The house in which she lived meanwhile stood in Bridge Street until the 1970s, when it was demolished to make way for the second Bridge Street development.

Beyond the then northern limits of the town, [[Oliver Cromwell]] built a citadel capable of accommodating 1,000 men, but with the exception of a portion of the ramparts it was demolished at the [[English Restoration|Restoration]].<ref name="EB1911"/> A clock tower today called Cromwell's Tower is located in the Citadel area of Inverness but was actually part of a former hemp cloth factory built c. 1765.<ref>Alston, David. ''Slaves and Highlanders''. Edinburgh University Press, 2021, p.223-224</ref>

Inverness played a role in the [[Jacobite rising of 1689]]. In early May, it was besieged by a contingent of [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] led by MacDonell of Keppoch. The town was actually rescued by [[Viscount Dundee]], the overall Jacobite commander, when he arrived with the main Jacobite army, although he required Inverness to profess loyalty to [[King James VII]].<ref>A. M. Scott, ''Bonnie Dundee'' (1989), pp. 104-105</ref>