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    the vicinity of Largs which can be dated to the Neolithic era. The Haylie Chambered Tomb in Douglas Park dates from c. 3000 BC. Largs evolved from the...
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  • Largs Academy is a Scottish secondary school, opened in August 1970, serving the towns of Largs, Fairlie, Skelmorlie and the island of Cumbrae, as well...
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    HMAS Choules (redirect from RFA Largs Bay)
    (RAN). The vessel was built as RFA Largs Bay by Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Largs Bay in Ayrshire, Scotland, and entered...
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    The Battle of Largs (2 October 1263) was a battle between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde near Largs, Scotland. The conflict...
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  • Largs Athletic Football Club was a football club which existed in the early 1880s, in the town of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. The first club in the town...
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  • Largs Campus is an amalgamation of Secondary, Early Years and Primary schools which includes; Largs Academy, Largs Primary, St Mary's Primary and Largs...
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  • Largs Bay may mean: Largs, Scotland, and its associated bay, Largs Bay Largs Bay, South Australia, a suburb, beach and jetty RFA Largs Bay (L3006), a ship...
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    HMS Largs was a former Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line) fruit (banana) ship captured by the Royal Navy ship HMS Faulknor five months after...
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  • Larg may refer to: Larg Hill, a hill in the Minnigaff Hills, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland Large (surname)...
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    thermodynamics, and of his opposition to Irish Home Rule, becoming Baron Kelvin, of Largs in the County of Ayr. The title refers to the River Kelvin, which flows...
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  • Fort Largs were built to protect Port Adelaide. Lieutenant Colonel Peter Scratchley was primarily responsible for the design of both Fort Largs and its...
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    Navy, 815 Naval Air Squadron in RFA Largs Bay UPI, Britain withdraws warship from Falklands BBC News, RFA Largs Bay leaves Southampton bound for Haiti...
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    The Skelmorlie Aisle of Largs Old Kirk is the remains of a church in the town of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the kirk (church) was demolished...
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    Largs Pier Hotel is located on the corner of The Esplanade and Jetty Road in Largs Bay, South Australia. The Largs Pier Hotel opened in 1882 on the same...
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    vessels. Largs Bay has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Esplanade: Largs Bay Jetty 138-139 Esplanade: Largs Bay College 198 Esplanade: Largs Pier...
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    after the strong defeat of King Haakon IV and his forces at the Battle of Largs. Up until that point, the Hebrides had been under Norwegian Viking control...
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    Thomas Brisbane (category People from Largs)
    in Largs. His four children predeceased him. He is buried in the Brisbane Aisle Vault, which is in the small kirkyard next to the remains of Largs Old...
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    Glasgow Central to Largs service when a braking system failure resulted in the train overshooting the end of the platform at Largs railway station. The...
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    the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population. East of Largs can be found the Renfrewshire Heights, which continue south to the hill-country...
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    Largs railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line. Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Largs Bay, it is 15.5 kilometres from Adelaide...
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    on the Isle of Arran and at Largs to Great Cumbrae. The Rebirth of the AyrLine: Electrification to Ayr / Ardrossan / Largs - 1987 "The Rebirth of AyrLine:...
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  • Adelaide city centre. Largs North is bounded to the north by the suburb of Taperoo at Strathfield Terrace, to the south by the suburb of Largs Bay at Walcot and...
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  • people of Largs had been hoping for a railway connection since the mid-1850s. In 1864 the G&SWR started to plan a line from Dalry to Largs; the Caledonian...
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    area of 390 square kilometres. Largs was named in honour of Largs Ayrshire, Scotland, famous for the battle of Largs fought in 1263, and which secured...
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  • Largs Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire. Nicknamed The Theesel, they were formed in 1889 and...
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    Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network...
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  • Cumbrae. While Coruisk relieved widely, Largs remained as backup at Largs. She gave her last public sailing at Largs on 26 September 1983 and was subsequently...
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  • Daniela Nardini (category People from Largs)
    was educated at St Mary's Primary School in Largs, a Catholic primary school; her secondary school was Largs Academy, the local mixed-religion comprehensive...
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    Gallagher and Lyle (category People from Largs)
    opening of the Largs Heritage Centre. The following year, the duo re-formed. In October 2010 the pair staged two charity concerts in Largs in aid of Haylie...
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    meaning Southern Isles. The treaty was agreed three years after the Battle of Largs in 1263. Michael Lynch has compared the treaty's importance with that of...
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