Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/11


 * ...that the MacCrimmons (pictured),  one of Scotland's most famous bagpiping families, have been thought to have roots in Cremona, Italy?
 * ... that prehistoric structures on Whalsay include the Neolithic Benie Hoose, Pettigarths Field Cairns and the Standing Stones of Yoxie, and the Iron Age Huxter Fort?
 * ... that the German battleship SMS König sank the Russian battleship Slava during Operation Albion in 1917?
 * ... that the Fairy Flag is traditionally thought to have been a gift from the fairies to the chiefs of Clan Macleod?