Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/26


 * ... that after two thousand years or more of continuous habitation the Scottish island of Mingulay (old school house pictured) was abandoned by its residents in 1912?
 * ... that in the Orkneyinga saga, after Olvir Rosta failed to gain a portion of the Earldom of Orkney, his grandmother was burned to death?
 * ... that Skerryvore, off the west coast of Scotland, considered by some to be the world's most graceful lighthouse, was built by an uncle of Robert Louis Stevenson?
 * ... that in 1739, the chiefs of Clan Macdonald of Sleat and Clan Macleod were involved in a scheme to kidnap their own clansfolk, transport them to the American Colonies, and sell them into slavery?