Old boat used as a pier, Scalpay (Sgalpaigh)
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Old boat used as a pier, Scalpay (Sgalpaigh)
Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 25 Jul 2011
Using old hulks and filling them with concrete to form makeshift piers is not that uncommon a practice, although it is not always so obvious as this.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.876984
Longitude
-6.699858