Qualla: Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/7/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig: Introduction https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig/ Photo credit Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0. By September 1665 the quarrel was older than the men fighting it, older than their grandfathers, older than the Scottish state most of them recognised. Three hundred and sixty years earlier, the Camerons and the Mackintoshes had begun arguing over the lands around Loch Arkaig and Glen Loy. They had fought their first battle at Drumlui in the 1330s. They had taken each other to court. They had lobbied kings and chancellors. Now the Mackintosh chief led 1,500 men of the Chattan Confederation to the south end of Loch Lochy, intending to settle it with steel. Clan Cameron met them at the ford with their own muster, plus MacGregor allies and MacIans of Glencoe. For a week the two armies stared at each other across the water. Then a Campbell negotiator arrived from Edinburgh, papers were drawn at the House of Clunes, and the Camerons bought the land for cash.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/7/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-wp/gfh7-stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig: An Argument That Outlived Centuries https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig/ Photo credit Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The dispute reached back to before 1291, when the lands at Loch Arkaig had belonged to Dougal Dall MacGilleCattan, chief of the ancient Clan Chattan. That year his daughter Eva married Angus Mackintosh, sixth chief of Clan Mackintosh, and the two clans united in what became the C...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/7/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-wp/gfh7-stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-an-argument-that-outlived-centuries.mp3 0:06 2 full Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig: The Failed Diplomacy of 1662 https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig/ Photo credit Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. In June 1661, Lord Glencairn wrote from London urging the Edinburgh courts to freeze any Mackintosh action against the Camerons, hinting that Charles II had a plan to reward Cameron loyalty. No royal plan ever materialised. So in July 1662, Mackintosh obtained a Decree of Removal...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/7/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-wp/gfh7-stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-the-failed-diplomacy-of-1662.mp3 0:06 3 full Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig: Two Armies at the Ford https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig/ Photo credit Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Mackintosh led 1,500 men south from his territory to the foot of Loch Lochy. Cameron, knowing they were coming, assembled his own force, joined by MacGregors who owed him favours from the 1650s Royalist rising, and by MacIans of Glencoe. The Camerons withdrew across the Arkaig ri...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/7/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-wp/gfh7-stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig-two-armies-at-the-ford.mp3 0:06 4 full Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig: A Pyrrhic Cash Deal https://qualla.com/stand-off-at-the-fords-of-arkaig/ Photo credit Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The contract was signed at the House of Clunes. The Camerons bought Loch Arkaig and Glen Loy outright. To raise the money, Cameron took a loan from the Earl of Atholl, who hoped to weaken the Campbells in the region, but Argyll counter-offered a lower rate with strings: the Camer...

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