Battlefield record MHG9721 - Battle Site, Strathy

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Grid reference Centred NC 8299 6499 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC86SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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The Gunns beat the Siol Iver in a clan skirmish in 1589 at Acha-main-merkel in the heights of Reay, at Strathy (NC 83 65).
R Gordon 1813; A MacKay 1914.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Weber, H (ed). 1813. Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun. 199-200.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D (ed.). 1914. History of the Province of Caithness and Sutherland from the Earliest Times to 1615. 184.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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