Glenelg — the narrow strip of mainland opposite the Isle of Skye — was contested between the MacDonalds of Sleat who looked toward it from Skye and the MacKenzies expanding southward from Kintail. Control of Glenelg gave access to the Kylerhea ferry crossing to Skye. Skirmishes in this remote area between the fifteenth century's two most expansive western Highland clans determined the eventual boundary of MacDonald and MacKenzie spheres of influence.
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