Battle of Morar | |||||||
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Part of the Scottish clan wars | |||||||
Morar and Loch Morar | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Clan Mackenzie Clan Ross | Clan MacDonell of Glengarry | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail Alexander Ross of Invercharron[1] Andrew Munro of Novar[1] | Glengarry MacDonald | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Clan Mackenzie: 1,700[1] Clan Ross: 180[1] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed[1] A "few" wounded[1] | Unknown |
The Battle of Morar was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1602, near Loch Morar, in the Scottish Highlands.[2][3] It was fought between the Clan MacDonell of Glengarry against the Clan Mackenzie who were supported by men of the Clan Ross and Andrew Munro of Novar.[1][4]
Written from a manuscript wrote in the reign of James VI of Scotland (Sir Robert Gordon's A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland).
MacPhail's 1914 book contains a transcript of John Mackenzie of Applecross's 17th century MS History of the Mackenzies