With their white sands washed by the green waters of the Atlantic the beaches of Morar are today an idyllic haven of peace. So it is for the visitor walking barefoot along the shoreline of Loch Morar who would feel there are few such places of tranquility. But look back in history and dark pages of clan warfare emerge culminating in the Battle of Morar in 1602. The battle was the final chapter in a feud that had lasted for over two hundred years and which originated in rival claims to the territory of the Lord of the Isles which included the lands of Morar. On the one side was Lord MacKenzie of Kintail and on the other the Laird MacDonell of Glengarry. Having suffered grieviously under attacks from the MacDonells the MacKenzies wanted Laird
Glengarry to appear before the Justices in Edinburgh to answer for the alleged crimes of his clansmen. For one who lived by the broadsword the Justices of Edinburgh held no fear and the Laird demurred. Meanwhile two MacDonells had perished in the continuance of the feud. The law might run in Edinburgh but the Laird was now bent on revenge which was by way of the broadsword. The battle that followed was fought man to man sword upon shield till the ground ran red. Outnumbered and outfought by the MacKenzies and their allies the MacDonells stood to the last man and their valiance left Laird Glengarry beaten but not dishonoured as he conceded the lands of Strome and so peace returned to Morar