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English Civil War

Campbell Campaign against Kintyre MacDonalds 1647

1647
Argyll, Scotland
Also known as: Kintyre Campaign 1647 · Campbell Pacification of Kintyre
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Argyll, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacDonald remnants in Kintyre
Forces
MacDonald c.1,000–2,000.
VS
Victor
Campbells (Marquess of Argyll)
Forces
Campbell c.2,000–3,500
Outcome
Kintyre cleared of MacDonald population and fighters
The Battle

History & Significance

The Campbell campaign throughout Kintyre in 1647 was one of the most thorough exercises in ethnic cleansing in Scottish history, depopulating much of the peninsula of its MacDonald inhabitants and replacing them with Lowland settlers.

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Scheduled Monuments near Campbell Campaign against Kintyre MacDonalds 1647

Garvalt, dun 500m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.3 miles
Low Clachaig,cup marked boulders 915m E of
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Blary,dun ENE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.3 miles
Dunan Muasdale,dun
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.7 miles
North Beachmore, rock art panels 220m E, 350m E and 385m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 miles
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