Battle of Lagganmore

Battle of Lagganmore Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms The settlement of Lagganmore in modern times Date 1646 Location Lagganmore, in Glen Euchar, west of Loch Scammadale, Scotland. 56°19′26″N 5°28′55″W / 56.324°N 5.482°W / 56.324; -5.482Coordinates: 56°19′26″N 5°28′55″W / 56.324°N 5.482°W / 56.324; -5.482 Result Royalist Victory Belligerents Royalist Highland Scots: Clan Donald Clan MacDougall Clan MacAulay Covenantor Highland Scots: Clan Campbell Clan Malcolm Clan MacNaghten Commanders and leaders Alasdair MacColla (Sir Alexander or Alasdair MacDonald)

Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Bishops Wars Newburn First English Civil War Boldon Hill Newcastle York Marston Moor Scottish Civil War Tippermuir Aberdeen (1644) Inverlochy Lagganmore Auldearn Carlisle Alford Kilsyth Philiphaugh Aberdeen (1646) Rhunahaorine Moss Dunaverty Mauchline Muir Preston Whiggamore Raid Stirling 1st Inverness 2nd Inverness Carbisdale Third English Civil War Dunbar Inverkeithing Worcester Glencairn's rising Tullich Dalnaspidal Clan MacDonald-Clan Campbell feuds Rathlin Island (1642) Battle of Inverlochy (1645) Lagganmore (1646) Rhunahaorine Moss (1647) Castle Sween (1647) Dunaverty (1647) Glencoe (1692) Sheriffmuir (1715)

The Battle of Lagganmore took place in 1646 in Lagganmore, in Glen Euchar, west of Loch Scammadale. It was part of the 17th century Scottish Civil War that also incorporated a long running feud between the Clan MacDonald and the Clan Campbell.^[1]

The royalist forces of Alasdair MacDonald, who were supported by the Clan MacDougall and Clan MacAulay defeated the covenanter forces of the Campbells who were supported by the Clan Malcolm.^[1]

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