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Date of the battle

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This "battle" doesn't seem to be mentioned even to a small degree in the histories of Glencairn's Uprising. It must have been a small skirmish. There is substantial disagreement regarding when the battle occurred. See below:

  • On the Clan Cameron Archive website ( http://www.lochiel.net/archives/arch058.html ) they present the words of a letter that was reportedly sent by Charles II on 3 November 1653 to Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel complimenting him for his courage in battle. It doesn't say which battle, however.

With such uncertainty, I am going to use the most precise date offered (10 February 1654) which is seemingly endorsed by the Historic Environment Scotland website. Part of my justification is also the fact that the Glencairn Rising said to have occurred during 1653-1654. That being said, I am still troubled as the date of the King's letter is pretty compelling. In addition, I ask myself, wouldn't the English army be in winter quarters during February? I expected that it's pretty cold and snowy in the Highlands during February.

Comments? Thanks, VFF0347 (talk) 23:26, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]