The Gunns and Sinclairs of Caithness fought repeatedly throughout the fifteenth century. The Sinclairs — who had become Earls of Orkney before that title passed to Denmark/Norway — were powerful in coastal Caithness; the Gunns occupied the interior. This engagement at Harpsdale in the interior was a Gunn defence of their territory.
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