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Battle of Glenelg 1396

1396
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Skirmish at Glenelg — MacDonalds
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacKenzies
VS
Victor
MacDonalds of Sleat
Outcome
MacDonald raiding victory in Glenelg.
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle of Glenelg 1396 was a medieval skirmish, fought at Inverness-shire, Scotland in 1396. MacDonalds of Sleat prevailed over MacKenzies. MacDonald raiding victory in Glenelg.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Glenelg 1396 lies on Morar Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Glenelg 1396

Bernera Barracks
Bernera Barracks
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

Bernera Barracks is a military fortification constructed in the early 18th century on the island of Bernera in Loch Lomond, Inverness-shire. Built following the Jacobite rising of 1715, the barracks served as a garrison to help enforce government control in the Highlands and suppress potential fu…

Tom Richardson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Dun Grugaig,dun,Gleann Beag
Dun Grugaig,dun,Gleann Beag
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.7 mi

Dun Grugaig is a stone-built dun located in Gleann Beag, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Dating to the Iron Age, this small fortified settlement represents a characteristic form of defence and domestic architecture found across the Scottish Highlands. The dun was constructed directly upon bedrock of t…

Caisteal Maol (Castle Moyle), Kyleakin, Skye
Caisteal Maol (Castle Moyle), Kyleakin, Skye
Scheduled monument · ~5 mi

Caisteal Maol is a ruined medieval castle occupying a prominent headland at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire. The castle comprises the remains of a stone curtain wall and fragmentary structures dating to the medieval period, though the precise chronology of construction and occupat…

Eilean Donnan, remains associated with Castle Donnan
Eilean Donnan, remains associated with Castle Donnan
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5.7 mi

Eilean Donnan is a Medieval castle occupying a small tidal island at the confluence of three sea lochs in Wester Ross, Scotland. The castle dates primarily to the thirteenth century, with significant later modifications and reconstruction, particularly following extensive restoration in the early…

Diliff / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Loch Achaidh na h-Inich, crannog at N end of
Loch Achaidh na h-Inich, crannog at N end of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~6.7 mi

Loch Achaidh na h-Inich crannog is an Iron Age to Medieval artificial island settlement located at the northern end of its namesake loch in Ross-shire, Scotland. The site represents a dwelling platform constructed in the shallow waters, a settlement form characteristic of Scottish lochs during th…

Dave Fergusson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Sean-Chreag,fort 300m NNW of
Sean-Chreag,fort 300m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~7 mi

Sean-Chreag is an Iron Age fort situated 300 metres north-north-west of a settlement in Ross-shire, Highland Scotland. The monument occupies terrain underlain by Neoproterozoic bedrock of the Sleat Group, composed of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate. This ancient geology would have…

Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.2 miles
Caisteal Grugaig, broch 900m WSW of Totaig
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.7 miles
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