Druim na Coup 2 miles South of Tongue in the shadow of Ben Loyal, is the site of a bloody battle in 1431 in which the Mackays soundly defeated the Sutherland's.

Prince Charlie's gold Shortly before the battle of Culloden in 1746 ,the sloop Hazard left Dunkirk carrying some £20.000 of gold for the Prince (indeed a princely sum in today's values ).Hazard was intercepted at the Moray Firth by the Sheerness, an English man o war and pursued around the North coast. Hoping to escape by sailing into the shallow waters of the Kyle of Tongue, Hazard ran aground off Skinnet, where she was destroyed by cannon fire.

The crew made ashore with the gold and headed South for Inverness, but were caught by the Mackays ( loyal to the Crown ) at Lochan Hakel just South of Tongue, where they and the gold were taken. The survivors were briefly imprisoned in the old boathouse, still standing by the House of Tongue.

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