After the Royalist victory at Auldearn in May 1645, Gordon cavalry under Montrose carried out punitive raids against Covenanting estates in Nairnshire and Moray. The burning of Lethen and surrounding farms was part of a deliberate policy to break the will of the Covenanting northeast. Such reprisals generated long-lasting bitterness and helped sustain the Covenanting cause after Montrose final defeat.
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