BattlefieldsArdnamurchan raid 1644
English Civil War

Ardnamurchan raid 1644

1644
Scotland
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Campbell
Forces
Campbell tenants
VS
Victor
MacColla
Forces
MacColla Irish and west Highland force
Outcome
Campbell holdings on Ardnamurchan raided
The Battle

History & Significance

MacColla's forces raided Ardnamurchan, the westernmost peninsula of the Scottish mainland, as part of the wider campaign to destroy Campbell power in the western Highlands. Ardnamurchan was Campbell-controlled territory and its raiding was part of the systematic attack on Argyll's resource base that supported the Covenanting war effort.

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