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Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie
Battle Site (Period Unknown)
Site Name Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie
Classification Battle Site (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 11235
Site Number NG42SE 1
NGR NG 4881 2365
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11235
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG42SE 1 4881 2365.
(NG 4881 2365) In Harta Corrie a fierce encounter took place between the Macdonalds and the Macleods, who fought the entire day till not one Macleod was left, and the bodies of the slain were piled round the base of a huge rock, topped by a Rowan tree and still called the 'Bloody Stone'.
M E M Donaldson 1923.
Site recorded during a detailed archaeological survey of the NW portion of the Strathaird Estate (Phase 3), commissioned by the John Muir Trust, carried out in the spring of 1998.
NG 4881 2365 Monument (boulder).
K Miller 1999
