"The last battle of the Vikings" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2018 3:58 p.m. PST |
"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. At the beginning of the 13th century the Firth of Clyde was frontier territory. 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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