Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss |
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| Part of the Scottish Civil War | |||||||
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 Royalists |
 Covenanters |
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| Alasdair MacColla | David Leslie | ||||||
The Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss was a battle between Covenanters led by General David Leslie and Royalist forces led by Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich (Sir Alexander MacDonald) at Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland on 24 May 1647. The Covenanters defeated the Royalists.
Largie Castle at Rhunahaorine, home of the MacDonalds of Largie, was razed by the forces of General David Leslie.
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