Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with scottish music,, of the graveyard at Dunrossness on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Fair Isle, an island located halfway between the Shetland Islands and the Orkney Islands, Britain, United Kingdom. On 20 August 1588 the flagship of the Spanish Armada, El Gran Grifón, was shipwrecked in the cove of Stroms Hellier, forcing its 300 sailors to spend six weeks living with the islanders. Fifty sailors died and are buried in a communal grave locally as the Spainnarts' Graves. Fair Isle is the most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The western coast consists of cliffs of up to 660 feet in height, with Ward Hill at 712 feet being the highest point of the island. On the eastern coast the almost detached headland of Sheep Rock rises to 433 feet in height. Fishing has always been an important industry for the island. In 1702, the Dutch, who were interested in Shetland's herring fisheries, fought a naval battle against French warships just off the island. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day
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