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Walter Sutherland (d. ca. 1850) of Skaw
Skaw

Skaw is a tiny settlement on the Shetlands island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the nor






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Walter Sutherland (d. ca. 1850) of Skaw
Skaw

Skaw is a tiny settlement on the Shetlands island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom....
 on Unst
Unst

Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Shetland Mainland and Yell ....
 in Shetland was reputedly the last native speaker of the Norn language
Norn language

Norn is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken on Shetland and Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland, and in Caithness. After the islands were pledge to Scotland by Norway in the 15th century, it was gradually replaced by Scots language....
 . He was supposed to live in the northernmost cottage in the UK.