Achnashellach Forest where the battle is said to have taken place. Most of the trees in view are the result of modern plantations of exotic conifers.[1]
Date
1505
Location
Achnashellach, Highlands, Scotland
Result
Cameron victory
Belligerents
Clan Munro Clan Mackay (loyal to the Scottish Crown)
Clan Cameron (loyal to Donald of Islay)
Commanders and leaders
William Munro, 12th Baron of Foulis † Iye Roy Mackay, 10th of Strathnaver
Ewen Cameron, 13th of Lochiel
Strength
Unknown
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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Clan Donald and Stewart royal family wars
Conflict between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
Dingwall
Harlaw
Conflict between Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross and James I of Scotland
Inverness (1429)
Lochaber
Inverlochy (1431)
Conflict between Aonghas Óg and James III of Scotland
Battle of Lagabraad
Conflict between John of Islay, Earl of Ross and James IV of Scotland
Blar Na Pairce (1491)
Raid on Ross (1491)
Drumchatt (1497)
Rebellion of Domhnall Dubh
Cairnburgh Castle (1504)
Achnashellach (1505)
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Clan Munro-Clan Cameron feuds
Achnashellach
Glen Shiel
Falkirk Muir
Lochaber and Shiramore
Rannoch
The Battle of Achnashellach was a Scottish clan battle said to have taken place in the year 1505, in the Scottish Highlands at Achnashellach. It was fought by the Clan Cameron against the Clan Mackay and the Clan Munro.
^Tansley, A.G. (1965). The British Islands and Their Vegetation. Cambridge University Press, vol. 1, p. 445.
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