Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by cliffs on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Cape Wrath on North West Coast of the Sutherland Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Cape Wrath, Scottish Gaelic: Am Parbh, is a cape in the Durness parish and is the most north westerly point in Great Britain. The name Cape Wrath is derived from Old Norse hvarf " turning point ", accordingly, wrath is pronounced as in cat. Vikings are believed to have used the cape as a navigation point where they would turn their ships. Cape Wrath was once the home of a series of small crofting communities, although by 1845 the only families remaining on the Parph were those of shepherds. In the 1930s it supported a population of 30 to 40 people, including a small side school at Achiemore which had up to ten pupils in the 1930s but closed in 1947. On 27 September 1915, while sailing for Scapa Flow, the ship HMS Caribbean, known as RMS Dunottar Castle before being requisitioned for wartime service, foundered off Cape Wrath in bad weather. A tow by HMS Birkenhead was unsuccessful, and 15 died. The sea cliffs around the cape are composed of Torridonian sandstone and Lewisian gneiss. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. #shortsvideo #kilt #scotland #scotsman #coast #highlands @tourscotland
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