The death of Alexander II on Kerrera during his campaign to wrest the Hebrides from Norway fatally interrupted Scottish efforts to drive out Norse power and delayed the final resolution until Largs fourteen years later.
Scottish naval expedition c.3,000–5,000; campaign abandoned on king's death.
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