The Mannie and Tolbooth Tower.
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The Mannie and Tolbooth Tower.
Image: © Colin Smith Taken: Unknown
Castlegate, Aberdeen. The Mannie-in-the-Green is now just The Mannie since he was resited there in the 1980s. He's atop the old well from the Green. The Tolbooth is Aberdeen's old prison and was used to house Jacobite prisoners in 1746. It has since been re-opened as a museum.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.147551
Longitude
-2.094184