IN 1093 MAGNUS BARELEGS KING OF NORWAY SET SAIL BENT ON CONQUEST AND TORE A PATH OF BLOOD AND FIRE THROUGH THE
HEBRIDES. SUING FOR PEACE KING MALCOLM OF SCOTLAND GAVE UP TO MAGNUS POSSESSION OF ALL OF HIS WESTERNLANDS THAT MAGNUS COULD SAIL AROUND.

 
  BOLD AND WILY, MAGNUS TOOK THE HELM OF HIS LONGSHIP AND HAD IT DRAGGED THE NARROW MILE FROM EAST TO WEST LOCH TARBERT WHERE THE 60 MILE LONG PENINSULA OF KINTYRE JOINS THE MAINLAND. MAGNUS DECLARED IT “A LARGE LAND AND BETTER THAN THE BEST LAND IN THE HEBRIDES” AND TOOK IT WITH HIS OTHER PRIZES.  

 

INDEED IT WAS A PRIZE FOR THEN, AS NOW , ITS LUSH PASTURES YIELDED THE FINEST OF FARM PRODUCE AND ITS CLEAN WATERS BOUNDED BY THE ATLANTIC BORE UP THE FINEST OF SEAFARE.

IT IS A REMOTE PLACE AND POSSESSED OF RUGGED BEAUTY. ITS INHABITANTS TRADITIONALLY MORE USED TO TRAVEL BY SEA THAN ITS ONCE TORTUOUS ROADS AND ITS SLIGHT CONNECTION TO THE MAINLAND LEADS MANY WHO LIVE HERE TO THINK OF IT STILL AS THE “ISLE OF KINTYRE”

MAGNUS’ KINGDOM IN SCOTLAND STRETCHED FROM THE SOARING HEADS OF THE MULL OF
KINTYRE IN THE SOUTH TO THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLAND IN THE NORTH. IT IS FROM THESE
LANDS THAT WE ENDEAVOUR TO BRING YOU THE BOUNTY OF THE LAND AND SEAS THE VERY
FINEST PRODUCE OF MAGNUS’ PRIZE LANDS.