Battle of Lagabraad

This article is about the battle of 1480 or 1483 between the Scottish clans of Donald and Mackenzie that was also known as the Battle of Logiebride. For the Battle of Logiebride of 1597 between the Scottish clans of Munro and Mackenzie, see Battle of Logiebride.

Battle of Lagabraad
Part of MacDonald-Mackenzie feud

Clan crests of Clan Mackenzie (left) and Clan Donald (right)
DateBetween 1480,[2] or 1483[3]
Location
Lagabraad, Ross, Scotland
Result Rebel Victory
Belligerents
Lordship of the Isles:
Clan Donald		 Scotland Kingdom of Scotland:
Clan Mackenzie[1]
Clan Mackay[1]
Clan Brodie[1]
Clan Fraser of Lovat[1]
Clan Ross[1]
Commanders and leaders
Angus MacDonald Earl of Atholl
Mackenzie of Kintail
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 517 killed[1][3]

The Battle of Lagabraad, also known as the Battle of Logiebride,[4] or Lagebread,[1] was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1480,[2] or 1483,[3] and was fought between the Clan Donald and the Clan Mackenzie of the Scottish Highlands.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g MacPhail, James Robertson Nicolson (1914). Highland Papers. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society. p. 49. MacPhail's 1914 book contains a transcript of Seanchaí Hugh MacDonald's 17th century manuscript History of the MacDonalds which was written during the reign of Charles II of England
  2. ^ a b Lynch, Michael, ed. (2011). Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford University Press. pp. 347–348. ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.
  3. ^ a b c MacDonald, Angus; MacDonald, Archibald (1896). The Clan Donald. Vol. 1. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, ltd. pp. 264-265. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ Matheson, Alister Farquhar (2014). Scotland's Northwest Frontier: A Forgotten British Borderland. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 9781783064427. Retrieved 2 February 2019.