BattlefieldsBattle of Raon Ruairidh
Tudor

Battle of Raon Ruairidh

1616
Ross-shire, Scotland
Also known as: MacDonalds vs MacKenzies last battle
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Ross-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacDonalds of Glengarry
Forces
c.400–600 MacDonalds
VS
Victor
MacKenzies
Forces
c.600–900 MacKenzies
Outcome
Decisive MacKenzie victory; MacDonalds expelled from Wester Ross
The Battle

History & Significance

One of the final battles in the MacKenzie-MacDonald conflict for control of Wester Ross. After this engagement, MacDonald power in the area was definitively broken and the MacKenzies secured their position as the paramount power from the Black Isle to the Outer Hebrides. The MacKenzie ascendancy would last until the Jacobite forfeitures of the early eighteenth century.

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