Australia: The Land Where Time Began
St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland
The town Gills is at the head of a sheltered bay at the northern end of South Ronaldsay. It is now the Orkney end of the car ferry service from Gills Bay 3 miles west of John O'Groats. It was here where the 8-year-old daughter of the King of Norway, Margaret, the Maid-of-Norway, later Saint Margaret, landed and died when the ship carrying her from her home in Norway was blown off course in a storm. Hence the name, at least according to some, the origin of the name is disputed.
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