You have completed your mission. You gained land and power and brought the Western Isles together. The independent kingdom of Gaels is secure against Anglo-Norman reform.

You deserve the title 'King' of the Isles or 'Ri Innse Gall' in Gaelic. Now Somerled, you may rest in peace.

Evidence of Somerled's legacy in the west of Scotland. Cross commemorating a descendent of Somerled, found on Texa, near Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, c.1380.

Evidence of Somerled's influence on the Gaelic religious centre of Iona. St Oran's Chapel, Iona, built by Somerled as a family burial place.