Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/27


 * ... that prehistoric Orkney has provided so many ancient ruins (example pictured) that one of the islands in the archipelago has been described as "the Egypt of the North"?
 * ... that according to a mediaeval chronicle, saga, and later clan tradition, Páll, son of Bálki blinded and castrated the son of a Manx king&mdash;a son who would in time become king himself?
 * ... that Damian Lewis and Andrea Riseborough shot a film near Pennyghael on the Isle of Mull?
 * ... that Alasdair Crotach MacLeod is said to have prayed for six hours prior to ordering the massacre of almost the entire population of the Hebridean island of Eigg?