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Tudor

Fife Adventurers Clash with MacLeod of Lewis 1599

1599
Ross-shire, Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Ross-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Fife Adventurers
Forces
Fife Adventurers c.100–150.
VS
Victor
MacLeod of Lewis
Forces
MacLeod of Lewis c.200–300
Outcome
MacLeod resisted Lowland colonisation attempt; Adventurers expelled from Lewis
The Battle

History & Significance

Lewis colonisation scheme was King James VI project to pacify Gaelic Hebrides; MacLeod resistance made it fail

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Fife Adventurers Clash with MacLeod of Lewis 1599

Cnoc na Croich, chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.5 miles
Arnish Point,gun emplacements
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Loch Arnish,dun
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.6 miles
Rubha Shilldinish,promontory fort and homestead
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.4 miles
Druim Dubh,stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.9 miles
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