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Tudor

Battle of Lochy 1544

1544
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Battle of the Ford of Loch Lochy 1544 · Great Glen battle 1544
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Frasers and Mackintoshes
Forces
Frasers/Mackintoshes c.800–1,200. Major Highland battle.
VS
Victor
MacDonalds (Clan Ranald and MacDonald of Islay)
Forces
MacDonalds c.800–1,200
Outcome
Frasers and Mackintoshes destroyed in Great Glen battle; clan balance of power shifts
The Battle

History & Significance

The Great Glen battle of 1544 — sometimes called Blar nan Leine — saw MacDonalds annihilate a Fraser-Mackintosh force in one of the most devastating Highland clan encounters of the Tudor period.

Casualties & Losses

Frasers nearly annihilated; Lord Lovat and many others killed

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Lochy 1544

Eilean Loch Airceig,crannog and chapel
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~4.4 miles
Caledonian Canal,Laggan Locks
Scheduled monument · ~4.7 miles
Caledonian Canal, Gairlochy Locks, lighthouse and signal lamp
Scheduled monument · ~5.3 miles
Caledonian Canal,Laggan Locks to Loch Oich
Scheduled monument · ~5.9 miles
Incised stone, 190m NW of Cranachan Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~6 miles
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