Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss
Part of the Scottish Civil War
Date24 May 1647
Location
Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland
55°40′37″N 5°38′46″W / 55.677°N 5.646°W / 55.677; -5.646
Result Covenanter Victory
Belligerents
Royalists Covenanters
Commanders and leaders
Alasdair MacColla David Leslie
Rhunahaorine Point is located in Scotland
Rhunahaorine Point
Rhunahaorine Point
Scotland

The Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss was a battle between Covenanters led by General David Leslie and Royalist forces led by Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich (Sir Alexander MacDonald) at Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland on 24 May 1647. The Covenanters defeated the Royalists.[1]

Largie Castle at Rhunahaorine, home of the MacDonalds of Largie, was razed by the forces of General David Leslie.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ Scottish Battles List by Region, Scotland.
  2. ↑ Ronachan Places.

References

  • "Ronachan Places". 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  • "Scottish Battles List by Region, Scotland - UK History". 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.

Further reading

  • McAlister, Lynn (2015). "Later 17th Century". Macalister History Timeline. Retrieved 27 August 2020.


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