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Part of the Scottish clan wars
Date August 1688
Location Maol Ruadh, east of Spean Bridge, Scotland
grid reference NN271826[1]
Coordinates: 56°54′11″N 4°50′19″W / 56.90306°N 4.83861°W / 56.90306; -4.83861
Result MacDonald/ Cameron victory
Belligerents
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch
Clan Cameron		 Chattan Confederation led by Clan Mackintosh
Commanders
Coll MacDonald of Keppoch Lachlan MacKintosh of Torcastle
Kenneth Mackenzie of Suddie
Strength
800 1600?
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Maol Ruadh (Mulroy, Maoile Ruaidh) was fought in August 1688 in the Lochaber district of Scotland between the Chattan Confederation led by the Clan Mackintosh against the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and the Clan Cameron. [2]

It is sometimes described as the last of the private battles between clans of the kind fought in the Highlands in ages past, but this is perhaps inaccurate as the Mackintoshes had official support for their actions against the Macdonalds and their army was in part made up of government troops.

The encounter at Mulroy is notable for one other reason: it was the prototype for Dundee's victory at Killiecrankie the following summer.

Notes

  1. ^ Site Record for Maol Ruadh, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23789/details/  
  2. ^ The Battle of Mulroy

References

  • Barron, E. M., Inverness and the Macdonalds, 1930.
  • Fountainhall Historical Notices, 1661-1683, 1848.
  • Hopkins, P., Glencoe and the End of the Highland War, 1986.
  • McBane, D. The Expert Sword-Mans Companion, 1728.
  • The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, variously edited, 1877-1933.
Scottish clan battles
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
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