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- ... that the Carsaig Arches (pictured) are a natural formation to the west of Carsaig Bay on the Isle of Mull?
- ... that the name of the ruinous dun Dùn Beic may derive from the Gaelic personal name Béc?
- ... that the German battleship SMS Friedrich der Grosse was the flagship of the Imperial Navy during the majority of World War I, including the Battle of Jutland?
- ...that Séon Carsuel, Scottish Protestant reformer, Bishop of the Isles and author of the first book to be printed in any Goidelic language, was over seven foot tall?