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Tudor

Raid on Eigg 1577

1577
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: MacLeod Massacre on Eigg 1577
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacDonalds on Eigg
Forces
c.50–100 MacDonalds in cave; massacre.
VS
Victor
Clan MacLeod
Forces
c.100–200 MacLeod raiders
Outcome
Entire MacDonald population of cave suffocated by MacLeods
The Battle

History & Significance

The MacLeod massacre of the MacDonald population of Eigg, who had taken refuge in a sea cave, was one of the most notorious clan atrocities of the sixteenth century and deepened the MacDonald-MacLeod feud irreparably.

Casualties & Losses

c.200 MacDonalds suffocated

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Raid on Eigg 1577

An Sgurr,fort,Eigg
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.5 miles
Loch nam Ban Mora, dun, Eigg
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.7 miles
Garbh Bealach, fort, 1000m SW of Sandavore, Eigg
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.9 miles
Grulin Uachdrach, depopulated settlement 500m SSW of An Sgurr, Eigg
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Lochan Nighean Dughaill, shielings at head of Gleann Charadail, Eigg
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
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