One of the strangest military events in Scottish history — a judicial combat between thirty champions from Clan Chattan and thirty from Clan Cameron (called 'Kay' in sources), fought before King Robert III on the North Inch of Perth. The clans had feuded for years; the king ordered this regulated spectacle to settle it once and for all. The combat was watched by the court as spectacle. When a Chattan man lost his nerve and swam the Tay, a Perth burgess named Hal o' the Wynd paid to take his place. Twelve men survived. Walter Scott immortalised it in 'The Fair Maid of Perth.'
29 of 60 combatants killed
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