Scandinavian Scotland Oronsay have produced important pagan Norse burial grounds. An 11th-century cross slab decorated with Irish and Ringerike Viking art on Islay was found in 1838. Rubha an Dùnain, today an uninhabited peninsula to the south of the Cuillin hills on Skye, contains the small Loch na h-Airde, which is connected to the sea by a short artificial canal. This loch was an important site for maritime activity for many centuries, spanning the Viking and later periods of Scottish clan rule. There is a stone-built quay and a system to maintain constant water levels. Boat timbers discovered there have been dated
Dongan Hills, Staten Island the original residents, and now form a majority of the neighborhood's population. Most of the residents are Italian-American, with a small, but significant amount of Irish-Americans. The Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Dongan Hills is served by the Staten Island Railway station of the same name. Dongan Hills is also served by the local buses on Hylan Boulevard and the local buses on Richmond Road. Express bus service is provided by the on Hylan Boulevard and the on Richmond Road. New York Public Library operates the Dongan Hills Branch at 1617 Richmond