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Jacobite Risings

Battle of Clunes 1665

1665
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Clunes Wood Action 1665
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Clan Mackintosh
Forces
Clan Mackintosh c.60–100. Highland clan skirmish with ambush tactics.
VS
Victor
Clan Cameron
Forces
Clan Cameron c.80–120
Outcome
Cameron ambush defeats Mackintosh raiding party near Loch Lochy
The Battle

History & Significance

The Clunes ambush of 1665 was one of the later episodes in the centuries-long Cameron-Mackintosh feud over Lochaber, demonstrating that inter-clan violence continued long after the supposed pacification of the Highlands.

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