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Skye, Coire Na Creiche
Battle Site (17th Century)
Site Name Skye, Coire Na Creiche
Classification Battle Site (17th Century)
Canmore ID 11233
Site Number NG42NW 1
NGR NG 43 25
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11233
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG42NW 1 43 25
"Coire na Creiche", 'the hollow of the spoil', so called from its being a favourite retreat with the proceeds of a raid, was in 1601 the site of a conflict between the MacLeods and Macdonalds, and the scene of what was probaly the last great clan battle in Skye.
M E M Donaldson 1923.
