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Isle of Skye kelp workers resistance 1820

1820
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
MacDonald estate factors
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Skye crofter and kelp worker families
Outcome
Some evictions delayed by resistance; military not required; resistance scattered and localised; kelp industry collapse accelerated clearance pressure
The Battle

History & Significance

Skye kelp workers and their families resisted eviction when falling kelp prices led MacDonald estate managers to clear coastal crofts; the confrontations on Skye in 1820 were part of a broader pattern of Hebridean resistance to clearance

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Scheduled Monuments near Isle of Skye kelp workers resistance 1820

Dun Borve,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.8 miles
Kensaleyre Church, cairns and standing stones 1200m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4 miles
Upper Tote,cairn 320m S of,Tot nan Druidhean
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 miles
Carn Liath,chambered cairn 380m SW of Kensaleyre Church
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~4.2 miles
Kensaleyre Church,two cairns 320m & 180m SW of
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 miles
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