Located off the A83/A82, close to Arrochar, just back from the top of Loch Lomond and half a mile from Loch Long. Before the battle of Largs in 1263 a group of Norse raiders dragged their Viking longships overland from the sea loch of Loch Long to Loch Lomond and for the first time were able to ravage this part of the interior of Scotland.... < more >