The loch-studded landscape around Lairg in Sutherland was perpetually contested between the Gordon Earls of Sutherland and the MacKays of Strathnaver. This engagement near Lairg saw a MacKay cattle-raiding force caught and destroyed by Sutherland men. The cattle raid was a standard MacKay economic activity that the Gordons consistently attempted to suppress.
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