 Robert Forbes, wrote,

Following the Jacobite defeat a Government ship sailed up Loch Fyne and shelled Castle Lachlan, forcing the chief's family to abandon their residence, and in Edinburgh the Maclachlan colours were burned on the orders of the Duke of Cumberland.It had been assumed that the chiefs lands had been forfeited for his support of the "Young Pretender" and the Jacobite cause, but it was ruled that he had been killed before he could be attainted.The chief of the Campbells, the Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, who although helped crush the Jacobite forces, aided Donald, son of the deceased Maclachlan chief, and helped save his lands.