Conflict: | Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss |
Partof: | the Scottish Civil War |
Date: | 24 May 1647 |
Place: | Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.677°N -5.646°W |
Map Type: | Scotland |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Label: | Rhunahaorine Point |
Result: | Covenanter victory |
Combatant1: | Royalists |
Combatant2: | Covenanters |
Commander1: | Alasdair MacColla |
Commander2: | David Leslie |
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The Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss took place 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.