The Battle of Largs was the last time a Norwegian military force attacked Scotland
It was the battle which
led to the end of Viking influence over Scotland, when a terrifying
armada from Norway bore down on the Ayrshire town of Largs 750 years
ago.
The mainland was Scottish but the islands of Bute and Cumbrae just across from Largs were Norse.
In fact, the whole of the Hebrides - a region known as Innse Gall - gave its allegiance to the Vikings from western Norway.
"It was a war just waiting to happen," says underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson.
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