BattlefieldsClan Mackenzie Attack on MacDonald of Lochalsh 1490
Medieval

Clan Mackenzie Attack on MacDonald of Lochalsh 1490

1490
Scotland
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
MacDonald of Lochalsh and his Kintail adherents
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Kenneth Og Mackenzie warband
Outcome
Mackenzie forces defeated MacDonald of Lochalsh; Lochalsh territory absorbed into Mackenzie sphere; MacKenzie dominance of Wester Ross from Eilean Donan to the Kyle established.
The Battle

History & Significance

The Mackenzies under Kenneth Og attacked the MacDonald of Lochalsh lordship in 1490 as part of the general collapse of the Lordship of the Isles following its forfeiture in 1493. The attack on MacDonald of Lochalsh was the most significant Mackenzie military action of the fifteenth century and established Mackenzie authority over the Lochalsh-Kintail borderland at the expense of the declining MacDonald power.

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