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The probable site of the mound upon which the Norwegians and Scots fought is not commemorated at all. Located at grid reference NS 2073 5932., and surrounded by a housing development, the mound is crowned by a 19th-century monument known as "The Three Sisters", which may have been erected by astronomer Thomas Brisbane.
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Underwater archaeologist presents BBC Vikings programme

Known to many for his work on the ancient submerged city of Pavlopetri in Greece, underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson from The University of Nottingham took a personal journey back to his Scottish roots this summer to present a new documentary for the BBC on The Last Battle of the Vikings.
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The Battle of Largs was an engagement fought between the armies of Norway and Scotland near the present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland on 2 October 1263. It was the most important military engagement of the Scottish-Norwegian War.
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