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requires prior written permission. MacLeod Clan Crest: A bull's
head between two flags. MacLeod Clan Motto: Hold Fast. History
of Clan MacLeod: Olaf the Black was the Norse King of Man and
the Isles who lived in the early 13th century. Leod was his
younger son who, around 1220, married the daughter and heiress
of MacRaild on Skye. She brought him Dunvegan Castle, and, when
his father died, he inherited the islands of Lewis and Harris.
Following the defeat of King Haakon of Norway at the Battle of
Largs in 1263, Leod found himself virtually in control of the
Hebrides. Leod had four sons. Tormod, the eldest, inherited
Dunvegan and Harris, becoming Chief of these lands and adopting
the name MacLeod of Dunveg