Old travel Blog photograph of women walking on the beach and the Lifeboat Station in Dunaverty near Southend, which is situated 8 miles South of Campbeltown, Scotland. The opening ceremony of the new lifeboat station and lifeboat took place in 1905. The first lifeboat station to be opened in the Kintyre area was the station at New Quay, Campbelltown, in 1861. The Battle of Dunaverty involved a battle in 1647. The events involved the Covenanter Army under the command of General David Leslie on one side and Highland troops under the command of Archibald Og of Sanda on the other. When the Covenanter Army arrived, they laid siege to the nearby 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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