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?