The book Arran; - Cook Clan

24 THE BOOK OF ARRAN
sinks to the horizon with Hakon's stricken armada pouring
out southwards from Lamlash ; when Lamlash was still the
island only, and the inner shore showed but rare huts of turf
and stone amid clumps of hazel and birch.
Vigleikr was in Hakon's expedition, and is mentioned as one of the leaders in the
expeditions to Kintyre and Loch Lomond. ' In all probability Vigleikr cut the
inscription in September 1263, when the Norwegian fleet was in Lamlash Bay. To
conclude from the form of the runic letters and from the linguistic forms, the other
inscriptions in the Cell of St. Molaise (except No. V.) may also date from the autumn
of 1263. To this time No. L has been referred already by Munch.' Runerne 1 St.
Malaise's C'el/e Paa Holy Island, Arran, Skof/and, Af. Magnus Olsen ;
Summary. Kristiania, 1912.
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