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Tudor

MacLeod raid on Trotternish 1539

1539
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: MacLeod-MacDonald Trotternish dispute 1539
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacDonalds of Sleat
Forces
MacDonalds c.150–300.
VS
Victor
MacLeods of Dunvegan
Forces
MacLeods c.200–400
Outcome
MacLeods temporarily occupied Trotternish peninsula
The Battle

History & Significance

The fertile Trotternish peninsula in northern Skye was disputed between the MacLeods and MacDonalds through the sixteenth century. The MacLeods under Alasdair Crotach raided across from Dunvegan and held Trotternish for several years in the 1530s and 1540s. James V was forced to intervene to settle the dispute. Trotternish eventually remained with the MacDonalds.

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