The earliest documented direct clash between the Campbell and MacDonald clans occurred in the mid-fourteenth century as both expanded into the vacuum left by MacDougall decline. The confrontation at Loch Avich on the boundary between Campbell Loch Awe territory and MacDonald Lorn claims established the pattern of Campbell-MacDonald antagonism that would shape Highland politics for two centuries.
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