Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/11
...that the
MacCrimmons
(pictured)
, one of
Scotland
's most famous
bagpiping
families, have been thought to have roots in
Cremona
,
Italy
?
... that prehistoric structures on
Whalsay
include the
Neolithic
Benie Hoose
,
Pettigarths Field Cairns
and the
Standing Stones of Yoxie
, and the
Iron Age
Huxter Fort
?
... that the
German
battleship
SMS
König
sank the
Russian
battleship
Slava
during
Operation Albion
in 1917?
... that the
Fairy Flag
is traditionally thought to have been a gift from the
fairies
to the chiefs of
Clan Macleod
?