Inscribed on the belt which encircles the clan crest is the MacGregor motto ... number of young children who had simply witnessed the battle. Retribution would be severe. The massacre lead ...

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The battle was supposedly fought on a large flat piece of ground near Auchingaich with the members of the poorer Clan Gregor pitched against their wealthy and influential Colquhoun neighbours.