In 1098, Magnus III of Norway sailed over the North Sea to Shetland and Orkney, where he reaffirmed his governance of the islands before moving on to the Hebrides. There his men tore through the islands, looting the villages, driving the inhabitants before him, and forcing them to choose between submission, exile or death.

Magnus continued his murderous plunder of the Hebrides, but made an exception of Iona: after peeping inside the chapel of long-dead abbot Columba, he hastily shut and sealed the door and gave the island no trouble at all. From Iona he found his way to the Isle of Man, whose disloyal lord, Logman, he ran down and put in chains.

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