Newspaper report of re-enactment walk of Montrose’s March to Inverlochy by some hardy locals in 1986

Twelve men stood on the bank of Loch Uanagan, near Fort Augustus. Dawn was breaking on the leaden sky over the Great Glen. On or near that spot 341 years before, the Marquis of Montrose had to decide whether to go north and confront the Earl of Seaforth's 5000-strong army or turn south to attack the Marquis of Argyll's force camped at Inverlochy, now part of Fort William. His decision to take his Highlanders, Islemen, and Irish over the rugged country by Culachy, Glen Roy, and Spean to Inverlochy was the beginning of a legend. And the 12 men were there to honour that legend and the men of both sides who died in the battle.