Civil War
Later during the 17th century, during the Civil War the Clan Mackenzie chief who was still in possession of the castle was now known as the Earl of Seaforth. However in 1646 the leader of the royalist army, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose laid siege to the castle and took it from the Mackenzies after a siege of four days.
In 1649, after the Siege of Inverness (1649), David Leslie, Lord Newark who was the leader of the Scottish Parliament's army left a garrison in the Castle Chanonry of Ross. However soon after the Mackenzies retook the castle from the Parliamentary forces. However the Parliamentary forces soon after took the Mackenzie's Redcastle and hanged the garrison.
At this period of time the people of the district became firm adherents of the King's party.
A 17th century poem, written by Brahan Seer, concerning the Castle Chanonry of Ross predicted that: "The day will come when, full of the Mackenzies, it will fall with a fearful crash. This may come to pass in several ways. The Canonry is the principle burying-place of the Clan, and it may fall when full of dead Mackenzies, or when a large concourse of the Clan is present at the funeral of a great chief".
Interestingly the castle was reduced to rubble during the Jacobite Uprisings in the 18th century. Although it is not known who was responsible for this.
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