Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss
Part of the Scottish Civil War
Date 24 May 1647 Location Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland 55°40′37″N 5°38′46″W / 55.677°N 5.646°W / 55.677; -5.646 Result Covenanter victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Covenanters
Commanders and leaders
Alasdair MacColla	David Leslie
Rhunahaorine Point class=notpageimage| Scotland

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.^[1]

Largie Castle at Rhunahaorine, home of the MacDonalds of Largie, was razed by the forces of General David Leslie.^[2]

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Further reading

• McAlister, Lynn (2015). "Later 17th Century". Macalister History Timeline. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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