The Battle of the North Inch was a staged battle between the Clan Chattan and the "Clan Quhele" in September 1396. Thirty men were selected to represent each side in front of spectators, including King Robert III of Scotland and his court, on land that is now the North Inch park in Perth, Scotland.
Perth's North Inch in modern times, looking southeast towards the city's eastern edge.
Claymore (No.1) used at the Battle of the North Inch in 1396.
Henry Smith (left) and a Highlander in Walter Scott's The Fair Maid of Perth.
Clan Chattan is a unique confederation of Highland clans. The clan is distinctive in highland clan history in that it was acknowledged to be a community or confederation, of twelve separate Scottish clans, who each had their own clan chief recognized under Scottish law, but who were united under and bound to a superior chief of the confederation for mutual solidarity, sustenance and protection in the Middle Ages and early modern period in the Scottish Highlands.
Clan Chattan
Tree showing the shared ancestry of the related chiefs of the Clan Chattan. (click to enlarge).
Arms of all the Clan Chiefs in the Clan Chattan Confederation
Panorama South from Chattan Clan monument to Sarah Justina Macpherson of Cluny at Creag Dhubh, Laggan, Scotland