Portal:Scotland/Did you know/17




 * ...that Balfour, Orkney (pictured) was built in 1782 to house tenants evicted to make way for the house now called Balfour Castle, then it was partly demolished later to improve the castle's view?


 * ...that despite being organised on St. Andrew's Day, the first Scotland v England football match did not result in a home win?


 * ...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?


 * ...that Bob McGrory managed the English football team Stoke City for a period of 17 years, having previously played for the club for 14 years?