Old photograph of Blood Rock on the Southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula Argyll, Scotland. The site was once a fort belonging to the Clan MacDonald. Little remains of Dunaverty Castle now known as Blood Rock for the massacre which took place there. The Battle of Dunaverty involved a battle and the siege of Dunaverty Castle in 1647. The events involved the Covenanter Army under the command of General David Leslie on one side and 200 to 300 Highland troops under the command of Archibald Og of Sanda on the other. After the Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, the remaining royalist army of Alasdair Mac Colla fled to Kinlochkilkerran, where a fleet of birlinns transported many of the troops to Ireland, while others fled to Dunaverty to be transported to Ireland as well as Dunyvaig Castle. About 200–300 men who could not be transported or did not wish to leave Scotland prepared to defend the castle. When the Covenanter Army arrived, they laid siege to the castle and made small raids against the forces inside. Once the attackers had captured the stronghold's water supply, the defenders–by now running out of water–requested a surrender on fair terms. After agreeing to surrender and leaving the castle, the men, women and children were put to the sword at the request of Reverend John Naves and Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll. However, a number of people appear to have survived the massacre, including Flora McCambridge, the infant Ranald MacDonald of Sanda, James Stewart and a MacDougall of Kilmun.
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