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The Barony of Drum, Illustrated Comic · Chapter II of V · 1411

Harlaw

The Lord of the Isles, Red Hector of the Battles, and a stone that looks two ways.

Comic panel: On the eve of Harlaw, Sir Alexander de Irwyne gives his last commands beside a standing stone, Drum one way and the Highland camp the other
July 1411. Donald, Lord of the Isles, was marching on Aberdeen with a great Highland host. On the eve of battle, the story goes, Sir Alexander de Irwyne halted at a tall stone where he could see Drum one way and Harlaw the other, and there gave his last commands. It has been called the Drum Stone ever since.
Comic panel: Sir Alexander de Irwyne of Drum and Red Hector Maclean of Duart fight hand to hand at Harlaw, 1411
24 July 1411. Fighting beside the Earl of Mar in the thick of the battle, Sir Alexander met Red Hector of the Battles, Maclean of Duart. They fought hand to hand, and neither would yield, until each had killed the other. They call it Red Harlaw.

The family says his brother took his name, Alexander, and married his young widow, and the house of Drum went on.

On the Roll: Sir Alexander de Irwyne, 3rd Baron of Drum, about 1390 to 1411.

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A comic, told from the history of the barony and its legends. The record is the Baron of Drum’s entry on the Roll.