Battle of Maol Ruadh

Cairn at roadside near Maol Ruadh, site of the Battle of Mulroy

Date	August 1688
Location	Maol Ruadh, east of Spean Bridge, Scotland grid reference NN271826^[1] Coordinates: 56°54′11″N 4°50′19″W / 56.90306°N 4.83861°W / 56.90306; -4.83861
Result	Rebel victory

Belligerents

Rebels:
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch
Clan Cameron

Government backed troops:
Chattan Confederation led by Clan Mackintosh
Highland Independent Company:
Clan Mackenzie

Commanders and leaders

Coll Macdonald, 16th of Keppoch

Lachlan MacKintosh of Torcastle
Kenneth Mackenzie of Suddie (killed in action)^[2]

Strength

800

1600?

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Clan Cameron-Clan Mackintosh feud

Drumlui Invernahavon North Inch Palm Sunday Craig Cailloch Bun Garbhain Glenlivet Fords of Arkaig Maol Ruadh

The Battle of Maol Ruadh (Mulroy or Maoile Ruaidh) was fought in August 1688 in the Lochaber district of Scotland between the Chattan Confederation led by the Clan Mackintosh against the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and the Clan Cameron.^[3] The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.^[4]

It is sometimes described as the last of the private battles between clans of the kind fought in the Highlands in ages past, but this is perhaps inaccurate as the Mackintoshes had official support for their actions against the Macdonalds and their army was in part made up of government troops.

The encounter at Mulroy is notable for one other reason: it was the prototype for Dundee's victory at Killiecrankie the following summer.

Notes

↑ Site Record for Maol Ruadh, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
↑ Simpson, Peter. (1996). The Independent Highland Companies, 1603 - 1760. p 79. ISBN 0-85976-432-X
↑ The Battle of Mulroy
↑ "Inventory battlefields". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2012-04-12.

References

Barron, E. M., Inverness and the Macdonalds, 1930.
Fountainhall Historical Notices, 1661-1683, 1848.
Hopkins, P., Glencoe and the End of the Highland War, 1986.
McBane, D. The Expert Sword-Mans Companion, 1728.
The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, variously edited, 1877-1933.

Scottish clan battles

14th century	Battle of the Pass of Brander Battle of Dalrigh Battle of Drumlui Battle of Invernahavon Battle of the North Inch

15th century	Battle of Aldy Charrish Battle of Arbroath Battle of Brechin Battle of Arkinholm Battle of Bealach nam Broig Battle of Blar Na Pairce Battle of Bloody Bay Battle of Craignaught Hill Battle of Champions Battle of Clachnaharry Battle of Corpach Battle of Craig Cailloc Battle of Dingwall Battle of Drumchatt Battle of Drumnacoub Battle of Harlaw Battle of Harpsdale Battle of Inverlochy (1431) Siege of Inverness (1429) Battle of Lochaber Battle of Palm Sunday Raid on Ross Sandside Chase Battle of Skibo and Strathfleet Battle of Tannach Battle of Tarbat Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach

16th century	Battle of Achnashellach Battle of Alltachuilain Battle of Allt Camhna Battle of Leckmelm Battle of Alltan-Beath Battle of Bun Garbhain Battle of Carberry Hill Cleanse the Causeway Chanonry of Ross Battle of Clynetradwell Battle of Corrichie Battle of Craibstone Battle of Dryfe Sands Battle of Garbharry Battle of Glendale Battle of Glenlivet Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart Siege of Inverness (1562) Battle of Knock Mary Battle of Langside Battle of Linlithgow Bridge Battle of Logiebride Battle of Melrose Battle of the Shirts Battle of the Spoiling Dyke Battle of Summerdale Battle of Tillieangus Battle of Torran Dubh Battle of the Western Isles

17th century	Battle of Altimarlach Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig Battle of Benbigrie Battle of Carinish Battle of Coire Na Creiche Battle of Glen Fruin Battle of Morar Battle of Maol Ruadh

see also	Scottish clan Jacobite risings Wars of Scottish Independence Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Anglo-Scottish Wars Marian civil war Military of Scotland Manrent Massacre of Glencoe

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