The Battle Hostile_encounter of Largs ( 2 October 1263 ) was an indecisive engagement Hostile_encounter between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland , on the Firth of Clyde near Largs , Scotland .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Largs ( 2 October 1263 ) was an indecisive engagement Hostile_encounter between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland , on the Firth of Clyde near Largs , Scotland .

On the night of 1 September , during a bout of stormy weather , several Norwegian vessels were driven Motion aground on the Ayrshire coast , near present-day Largs .

The battle Hostile_encounter of Largs has been romanticised by later historians as a great Scottish victory , but it only involved Cause_to_be_included a small part of the Norwegian fleet .

The battle Hostile_encounter is commemorated Social_event in Largs by an early 20th-century monument , and festivities held Defending there annually since the 1980s .