What the records say
- When
- 1437
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 58.56° N, 3.79° W
- Description
- 1437 Scottish clan battle in Caithness
Sandside Chase
1437 Scottish clan battle in Caithness
The Sandside Chase was a Scottish clan battle which took place in 1437 in Caithness, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Thurso. The Clan Mackay launched a raid from Strathnaver towards Thurso until they encountered resistance from the locals at Dounreay. The Mackays then pulled back to Sandside, where they were joined by reinforcements and slaughtered the defenders on the coast north of Reay.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sandside Chase in the north of Scotland: Clan Mackay defeat the Clan Gunn of Caithness”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page