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Forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles 1493 — Skirmish at Isla

1493
Argyll, Scotland
Also known as: Crown Action on Islay 1493
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Argyll, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacDonald adherents
Forces
MacDonald adherents c.300–600
VS
Victor
Crown forces (James IV)
Forces
Crown forces c.500–1,000
Outcome
Islay garrison overcome; Lordship forfeit to the Crown
The Battle

History & Significance

The military enforcement of the 1493 forfeiture on Islay effectively ended the Lordship of the Isles as a political entity and opened the western Highlands to direct Crown intervention and Campbell expansion.

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Scheduled Monuments near Forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles 1493 — Skirmish at Isla

Dun Guaidhre,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.9 miles
Dun Nosebridge,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2 miles
Cill a'Mhanaich, church and burial ground 210m SSW of Kilmeny
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.2 miles
Neriby Farm,barrow 400m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Dun Bhoraraic,dun ENE of Lossit Farm
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.7 miles
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