Clan Fraser of Lovat Assisted by Clan Grant and Clan Mackintosh[1]
Clan Macdonald of Clanranald Assisted by Clan Cameron
Commanders and leaders
Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat †
John of Moidart (Iain Muideartach)
Strength
300
500
Casualties and losses
5 survivors (295 killed)
8 survivors (492 killed)
Registered battlefield
Official name
Blar na Léine
Designated
14 December 2012
Reference no.
BTL29
Clan MacDonald-Clan Fraser of Lovat feuds
Mamsha (1429)
Lagabraad (1480/83)
Shirts (1544)
Inverness (1715)
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Clan Cameron-Clan Mackintosh feud
Drumlui
Invernahavon
North Inch
Palm Sunday
Craig Cailloch
Shirts
Bun Garbhain
Glenlivet
Fords of Arkaig
Mulroy
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Clan Cameron-Clan Grant feud
Shirts (1544)
Raids of Urquhart (1544-45)
Glenlivet (1594)
Braes of Strathdearn (1645)
The Battle of the Shirts (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr na Léine, also the Battle of Kinloch-Lochy) was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1544 in the Great Glen, at the northern end of Loch Lochy. The Clan Macdonald of Clanranald and their allies the Clan Cameron fought the Clan Fraser and men from Clan Grant. The battlefield has been included and protected by Historic Scotland in their Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland.[1]
Clan tradition of the clans involved and all histories written since the period have stated that the name was derived from the fact that the day was so hot that both sides threw off their chainmail hauberks and Plaids, fighting in their shirts.[2]
^ abHistoric Environment Scotland. "Blar na Léine (BTL29)". Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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