The Hebrides and the Isle of Man had become Norwegian territory during centuries when both Scotland and Norway were still forming themselves as coherent nation-states, and Norwegian control had been formalised in 1098, when Edgar of Scotland signed the islands over to Magnus III of Norway.
Hebridi i otok Man su postali norveški teritorij tijekom stoljeća kada su i Škotska i Norveška još uvijek se formirali kao koherentne nacije-države, a norveška kontrola je formalizirana godine 1098., kada je Edgar Škotski potpisao ustupanje otoka Magnusu III.