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Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss

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Royalist Highland Scots
  
Covenanter Scots

Result
  
Covenanter Victory

Date
  
24 May 1647

Location
  
Kintyre, United Kingdom

Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss

Similar
  
Battle of Tullich, Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Battle of Dalnaspidal, Battle of Alford, Battle of Carbisdale

The Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss was a battle between Covenanters led by General David Leslie and Royalist forces led by Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich (Sir Alexander MacDonald) at Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland on 24 May 1647. The Covenanters defeated the Royalists.

Largie Castle at Rhunahaorine, home of the MacDonalds of Largie, was razed by the forces of General David Leslie.

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