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Site of the CONFLICT OF STRONE RUNGIE (Between men of Sutherland and Caithness) Site of the Conflict of Strone Rungie. (between men of Sutherland and Caithness) Rev. [Reverend] G. McMillan, Manse, Loth
Mr. A. McEwen Ph. [Parish] Schoolmaster
Mr. J. Campbell, Schoolmaster Helmsdale
090 It is said that a Conflict or Battle was fought here between the men of Sutherland and Caithness, but there is very little information can be obtained in the neighbourhood respecting it. In a note at the end of Loth parish, in the Old Statistical Account Vol. [Volume] 6, page 321, the following occurs. "A number of tumuli lie on the shore of Wester Garty, which is said to have been the field of a bloody battle, betwixt the Sutherland and Caithness men, the particulars of this engagement, under the name of Stronrunkie, used to be a frequent and familiar subject of conversation in the young days of the oldest men in the parish; but they themselves remember nothing but the tradition of the battle.
ALLTEENIE BURN Allteenie Burn
Allteenie Burn
Allteenie Burn
J.B. Dudgeon Esq. Crakaig by Brora
A. McEwan Ph. [Parish] Schoolmaster Loth
Mr. Gilbert Sutherland, Crakaig, by Brora
089; 090 A small stream having its source about half a mile to the Northwest of the parish Church of Loth. It runs in a southern direction for about half a mile; it then turns to the east and enters the Sea about one fourth of a mile south of the Manse of Loth Ph. [Parish]

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County of Sutherland -- Parish of Loth

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