Battle of the Spoiling Dyke
The Battle of the Spoiling Dyke (also known as the Battle of the Spoiled Dyke, (Scottish Gaelic: Blar Milleadh a’ Ghàraidh, Millegearaidh) was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1578 on the island of Skye between the MacDonalds of Uist[1] and Clan MacLeod.They then set fire to the church full of worshipers.No one escaped alive except one girl who, although mortally wounded, managed to give the alarm.On hearing the news, the chief of Clan MacLeod and his men set off for Ardmore bay where a battle ensued.The atrocity by the MacDonalds was to exact vengeance on the MacLeods for their atrocity of the massacre of MacDonalds in the Cave of Frances on the Isle of Eigg a couple of years earlier.
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