Battle of Bun Garbhain
1570 battle in Scotland
The Battle of Bun Garbhain was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1570, in the Scottish Highlands, between the Clan Cameron and the Clan Mackintosh.
Division and invasion
Donald Dubh Cameron, XV Chief of Clan Cameron, died, leaving an infant son, Allan, at the head of the clan. As the young boy could not lead, this brought about internal disagreements between two main branches of the family, the Lochiel and the Erracht. Cameron of Erracht claimed chiefship himself. To add to the confusion the little boys mother was from Clan Mackintosh, a clan with a long history of enmity towards Clan Cameron.
In this pretext, the chief of Clan MacKintosh, led 200 men, into the Cameron lands near Loch Arkaig whereupon a bloody battle ensued.
Battles
Though outnumbered, the Camerons had the high ground and soon there were many dead and injured from the MacKintoshes. MacKintosh led his men in retreat around the head of Loch Eil to the Ardgour shore and rallied his men.
The Camerons were in swift pursuit and a second engagement took place, with similar results as the first. In the midst of this action, the chief of MacKintosh is believed to have been killed by Donald 'Taillear Dubh na Tuaighe' Cameron (son of the XIV Chief of Clan Cameron), with a fearsome Lochaber axe.
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