Battle of Skibo and Strathfleet

Battle of Skibo and Strathfleet
Part of the Scottish clan wars

Sands of Loch Fleet looking towards Strathfleet.
Datec.1455[1]
Location
Around Dornoch, Sutherland
Skibo : N7389
Strathfleet : NH779757°57′N 4°4′W / 57.950°N 4.067°W / 57.950; -4.067
Result Sutherland victory
Belligerents
Clan Sutherland Clan Donald
and allies
Commanders and leaders
Robert Sutherland
Neil Murray		 John of Islay
Strength
500-600 Unknown
Casualties and losses
>50 killed Unknown
Skibo Castle was largely rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries

The Battle of Skibo and Strathfleet was prompted by Clan Donald's invasion of the area around Dornoch in northern Scotland in 1480. Two attacks were repulsed by the local clans of Clan Sutherland and the Murrays of Aberscross.

  1. ^ Gordon, Robert (1813) [Printed from original manuscript 1580 – 1656]. A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland. Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and White, Cochrance and Co. London. p. 73-74. Retrieved 30 January 2021. "About this tyme" (p. 74) and "The yeir of God 1455" (p. 73)