- HARLAW, BATTLE OF
- a battle fought at Harlaw, 18 m. NW. of Aberdeen, on 24th July 1411, which decided the supremacy of the Lowland Scots over the Highland.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
HARLAW, BATTLE OF
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