Battlefield record MHG6487 - Battle Site, Buaile Na Fala

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Grid reference Centred NG 4190 5110 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG45SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SNIZORT

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Buaile na Fala (NR) (Site of Conflict between the Macleods and Macdonalds AD 1539)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

A large cairn situated close to the east of the site is said to contain the bones of the slain. Meaning of name - Bloody Fold. (For cairn see NG45SW 1)
Name Book 1878.

The area is indicated is still traditionally known as the site of a battle.
Visited by OS (A C) 5 May 1961.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 7, 171.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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