Battlefield record MHG5092 - Battle Site, Bloody Stone

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Grid reference Centred NG 4881 2365 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG42SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish BRACADALE

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In Harta Corrie a fierce encounter took place between the Macdonalds and the Macleods, who fought the entire day till not one Macleod was left, and the bodies of the slain were piled round the base of a huge rock, topped by a Rowan tree and still called the 'Bloody Stone'.
M E M Donaldson 1923.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Donaldson, M E M. 1923. Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands. 2nd, rev.. 147.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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