Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/14
... that a
loch
on
Rubha an Dùnain
(pictured)
has the remains of a 12th century stone quay and a "
Viking
canal" unlike any other site in Scotland?
... that the
German
battleship
SMS
Prinzregent Luitpold
was the only ship of her class designed to mount a diesel engine, though it was never fitted?
... that according to a mediaeval
Icelandic saga
,
Jarl Gilli
dreamt of the
violent death
of
Irish king
,
Brian Boru
?
... that in 1894, after the
Pall Mall Gazette
mocked what became the
Viking Society for Northern Research
, a member wrote, "The fiercest warriors, even savages, drink tea and coffee nowadays"?