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MacDonald sack of Inverness 1411

1411
Scotland
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Inverness
Forces
Inverness burgh and castle garrison
VS
Victor
MacDonald
Forces
MacDonald Hebridean host
Outcome
Inverness plundered; castle submitted without serious resistance
The Battle

History & Significance

During the 1411 Harlaw campaign Donald of the Isles sacked Inverness before advancing south; the town was looted and the castle briefly held before MacDonald pressed on toward Aberdeen

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near MacDonald sack of Inverness 1411

Inverness, site of Dominican friary and effigy of a knight, Friars' Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Lower Slackbuie, unenclosed settlement 90m E of 1 West Heather Road
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Remains of Cromwell's Fort, bastion west of Lotland Place, Inverness
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Prehistoric settlement, north and west of Culduthel Mains Circle
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
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