Largs Pencil
North Ayrshire
The monument was built as a marker for the site of the Battle of Largs which
took place near here in 1263. The Scots won.
Over the next twenty or thirty years the Vikings - led by Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway - were hounded out of the western isles as well.
Over the next twenty or thirty years the Vikings - led by Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway - were hounded out of the western isles as well.
Both of the above views are looking north.
Looking south.
The wider area from the south.
