Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran and wakling on Sandwood Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of Sutherland in the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Sandwood Bay, Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh Seannabhad, is located about 5 miles South of Cape Wrath. The name Sandwood Bay probably derives from the Viking name ' Sandvatn ' meaning sand water and it is believed longboats were dragged across the sands into Sandwood Loch. There are also remains of Pictish settlement in the area. The area has been largely uninhabited since 1847 when the land was cleared for sheep farming as part of the Highland Clearances. On 30 September 1941, Sergeant Michael Kilburn from 124 Squadron at RAF Castletown was flying a Spitfire south west of Cape Wrath when the engine failed. He crash landed the plane on the beach at Sandwood, and managed to escape uninjured. The bay is the haunting ground of a ghostly seaman, thought to be the ghost of a shipwrecked sailor. He often appears out of thin air and commands visitors to leave the bay. At Sandwood Loch, near Sandwood Bay, there is a derelict cottage. A former owner still haunts the cottage and his footsteps can be heard walking the area during the night, Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March
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