Battlefields›Siege of Strome Castle 1602
Tudor

Siege of Strome Castle 1602

1602
Ross-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Strome Castle Siege 1602 · MacDonalds at Strome
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Ross-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacDonnell of Glengarry
Forces
c.50–100 garrison
VS
Victor
MacKenzie of Kintail
Forces
c.400–600 MacKenzie besiegers
Outcome
Strome Castle blown up after surrender; no MacDonald stronghold remains in Wester Ross
The Battle

History & Significance

MacKenzie destruction of Strome Castle in 1602 after forcing a MacDonnell surrender eliminated the last significant armed MacDonald presence in Wester Ross and completed MacKenzie dominance across the region.

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Strome Castle 1602

Rassal,copper mine 900m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Couldoran,settlement 1050m E of
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 miles
Strome Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 miles
Plockton Open Air Church, 60m NNW of War Memorial
Scheduled monument · ~4.6 miles
Sean-Chreag,fort 300m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.4 miles
More from this era

Other Tudor Battles

Rhys ap Thomas Pacification of Glamorgan 1486
1486
Bridgend, Wales
Rhys ap Thomas Mustering for Bosworth 1485
1485
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Henry Tudor's March — Dale to Bosworth
1485
Leicestershire, England
Skirmish at Welshpool during Henry Tudor March 1485
1485
Powys, Wales
Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around Ross-shire

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.

Research a location near Ross-shire
All Battlefields