Portal:Scotland/Did you know/34




 * ... that the City of York (pictured) was a British barque which sank after hitting a reef off Rottnest Island within sight of its destination?


 * ... that despite being illiterate, Duncan Bàn MacIntyre became one of the most famous Scottish Gaelic poets?


 * ... that, after 34 years as Roman Catholic abbot of Coupar Angus, Donald Campbell converted to Protestantism in 1559, and destroyed the icons and altars of his monastery in Scotland?


 * ... that former British Member of Parliament Walter Scott-Elliot was murdered by "Monster Butler" Archibald Hall?