Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach

Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach
Part of the Scottish clan wars
Battlefield looking westwards from the cemetery. The Tutim Burn joins the Oykel roughly level with Tuiteam house, the white building on the right.
Date 1406? Location North bank of River Oykel 57°58′32″N 4°38′45″W / 57.97556°N 4.64583°W / 57.97556; -4.64583 Result Decisive Mackay victory
Belligerents
Clan Mackay Clan Sutherland	Clan MacLeod of Lewis
Commanders and leaders
Angus Mackay Hugh Mackay Alexander Murray	Malcolm MacLeod
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1 survivor

The Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach (Scottish Gaelic: "plentiful slaughter";^[1] also known as Tuttim–Tarwach, Tuttim–Turwigh, Tuttim–Tarwigh or Tutim Tarvach) was a Scottish clan battle in which the Mackays wiped out raiders from the Clan MacLeod of Lewis who were returning from an attack on Mackay land in Strathnaver. The Mackays caught up with the raiders on the north bank of the River Oykel some three miles west of where the river joins the River Cassley at the head of the Kyle of Sutherland. The battle probably took place in 1406, but the date is uncertain from the manuscripts.