The Royalists under Montrose won the day – with Clan Donald playing a major part in the battle, as is evidenced by the waulking song Clann Domhnuill an Cogadh Righ Tearlach I.

Her account is fascinating for the evidence it provides of the mixing of folk beliefs with Christian ideas about witchcraft.

Following the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, the town, for recruiting, was granted to the 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

Today the 4th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland recruit from the area.

[5] In 2010 it was reported that meat from a bull grown from the embryo of a cow cloned in the US and reared on a local farm had entered the food chain.