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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 661911
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/661911
NH65SE 11 centred 656 521
(NH 644 502) Site of the Battle of Blairnacoi (NR) AD. 1340.
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
(NH 656 521) A battle is said to have taken place on Blair-na-coi, between the MacDonalds of the Isles and the inhabitants of Inverness, in 1340. A cairn (NH65SW 7) said to commemorate it lies about 1/2 mile SW of Drumderfit.
NSA 1845; OS Name Book 1872; A J Beaton 1885.
No local information. Siting not confirmed.
Visited by OS (R B), 28 March 1966.
The tradition of the battle may have arisen from the clearance heaps on Drumderfit Hill (See NH65SE 5).
Visited by OS (A A), 11 November 1971.
