Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/29


 * ... that Lady Isle (beacon pictured), a small Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde, is Britain's first seabird reserve?
 * ... that according to legend, the MacLeods were on the verge of being defeated at the Battle of Glendale by the MacDonalds, but their magical Fairy Flag was then unfurled, inspiring them to a hard-fought victory?
 * ... that a noted 20th century antiquary considered the four most interesting ruinous fortifications on Coll to be Dùn an Achaidh, Dùn Anlaimh, Dùn Dubh, and Dùn Morbhaidh?
 * ... that Scottish poet Sorley MacLean once called upon the Red Army to invade his homeland?