| Battle of Blar Na Pairce | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Scottish clan wars | |||||||
|
|||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| Clan Mackenzie, Clan Brodie |
Clan Donald | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Gillespick MacDonald | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Blar Na Pairce (Blar-na-Pairc, Scottish Gaelic: Park Field) was a Scottish clan battle that took place just outside Strathpeffer some time between 1485 and 1491.[1] It was fought between men of the Clan Donald or MacDonald and the Clan Mackenzie.
The chief of Clan Donald, Lord of the Isles had resigned the title of Earl of Ross to the king in 1477. After this the provinve of Ross was constantly invaded by the MacDonald islanders. As a result a battle was fought between the Clan Donald islanders, led by Gillespick MacDonald against the Clan MacKenzie. The MacDonald islanders were defeated with many men being drowned in the River Conon. [2]
References
- ^ a b Site Record for Blar Na Pairce, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/12468/
- ^ 'Conflicts of the Clans' published in 1764 by the Foulis Press from a manuscript wrote in the reign of King James VI. [1]
Bibliography
- Dagg, C (2007b) 'Blar na Pairce, Highland (Contin parish), desk-based assessment and metal detecting survey', Discovery Excav Scot, vol.8 Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England. 109
- Mackenzie, Alexander (1894). History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name. Inverness: A. & W. Mackenzie. http://www.archive.org/details/historyofthemack03652gut.
 |
This Scottish clan-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
