Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/23
... that
Symbister House
(pictured)
in
Symbister
, on the island of
Whalsay
in
Shetland Islands
, is reputed to be haunted by a sailor who was murdered by the gardener during a game of cards?
...that the
Hebrides Overture
, also known as
Fingal's Cave
and composed by
Mendelssohn
, was inspired by the
famous cave
off the coast of
Scotland
?
... that
Old Norse poems
attributed to
Torf-Einarr
describe his defeat of Hálfdan Longlegs?
...that several of the
Orkney islands
' highest points are named "Ward Hill" due to the many old
warning beacons
in the area?