a village on the west coast of Scotland, opposite to the island of Bute; rendered memorable by the defeat of the Norwegians here in their last invasion of this country.—This invasion was made in the year 1263, with a fleet of 160 sail and an army of 20,000 men, commanded by Haquin king of Norway, whose ravages on the coast of Ayr, Bute, and Arran, reaching the Scottish court, an army was immediately assembled by Alexander III. and a bloody engagement ensued at this village, when 16,000 of the invaders were slain in the battle and flight, with 5000 Scots. Haquin escaped to the Orkneys, where he soon after died of grief. The entrenchments of the Norwegian camp may still be traced along the shore of this place. The Scottish commanders who fell in battle were buried in a rising field, near the village; three or four persons were interred in one grave, on each side of which was a large stone, a third was placed across the grave, supported at the extremities by the side stones, and in this rude manner the warriors lay entombed. Some years ago the proprietor of the field demolished these repositories of the dead, leaving only one (a special favour!), which serves to give an idea of the whole.