Battlefield record MHG11646 - Battle Site; Earl's Cross Road; Dornoch

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8099 9099 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH89SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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Full Description

A battle was fought a short distance east of Dornoch in 1259 between the Scots and the Norsemen, who were defeated and driven back to their ships at Little Ferry (NH 80 95).
A stone, Clach-an-righ, no longer extant, marked the site of the fall and burial of the Norse leader. Gordon (Macfarlane 1906-8) describes it as being not unlike NH89SW 2, the Earl's Cross, and says that it stood about a mile from Dornoch at Embo.
'Divers burials' are said to have been visible beside the stone in the time of James VI.
A Gunn and J MacKay 1897; J Mackay 1897; W Macfarlane 1906-8; A MacGregor 1907; Dornoch Guide nd.

No further information Visited by OS (A A) 23 March 1971.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Mackay, J. 1897. 'Sutherland place names, parish of Dornoch', Trans Gaelic Soc Inverness Vol. 20 1894-6, p.316-32. Trans Gaelic Soc Inverness. 316-32. 323.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Dornoch Guide. nd.. Dornoch, official guide. 27.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Gunn and Mackay, A and J (eds.). 1897. Sutherland and the Reay country: history, antiquities, folklore, topographical, regiments, ecclesiastical records, poetry and music etc. 7-8.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Mitchell, Sir A and Clark, J T (eds.). 1906-8. Geographical collections relating to Scotland. Vol. 2, 450.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: MacGregor, A. 1907. Feuds of the clans: together with the history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans in the northern parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles from the year MXXXI unto MDCXIX. 54.

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Record last edited

Sep 17 2010 2:37PM

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