Norse raiders from the Hebrides and Ireland conducted systematic raids along the Kintyre peninsula throughout the late ninth and early tenth centuries. The Mull of Kintyre — closest point of mainland Scotland to Ireland — was a natural landfall for longships operating between Ireland and the Hebrides. These raids gradually gave way to settlement as the Norse established permanent communities in the western Highlands and islands.
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