Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/15
... that
Scandinavian influence in Scotland
, still evident today
(Up Helly Aa festival pictured)
, was probably at its height during the time of
Thorfinn the Mighty
?
... that
John Gregorson Campbell
was at the same time a church minister and a folklorist?
...that
Balfour, Orkney
was built in 1782 to house tenants evicted to make way for the house now called
Balfour Castle
, then partly demolished later to improve the castle's view?
...that the last
chief
of
Clan MacQuarrie
sold off his
clan
lands in
Scotland
and joined the
British Army
, at age 68, and fought in the
American Revolutionary War
?