Battle of Achnashellach
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The Battle of Achnashellach was a Scottish clan battle said to have taken place in the year 1505, in the Scottish Highlands at Achnashellach. It was fought by the Clan Cameron against the Clan Mackay
Achnashellach Forest where the battle is said to have taken place. Most of the trees in view are the result of modern plantations of exotic conifers.
Clan Cameron tartan in the Clan Munro exhibition at the Storehouse of Foulis
Strome Castle
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Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron in Stromemore, 3.5 miles south-west of the village of Lochcarron, on the headland between Loch Carron and Loch Kishorn, on the west coast o
Battle of Achnashellach
…Vicoldui" at Achnashellach. As Ewen MacAllan (Cameron) had supported the rebellion of Donald Dubh in 1503 and as Achnashellach is only 12 miles from the Castle of Strome in Lochalsh, which he was constable, it seems likely that Ewen was acting in support of Donald Dubh when Munro was killed. Alister Farquhar Matheson…
Strome Castle on the shore of Loch Carron
Strome Castle ruins