Leith Porters' Stone, Henderson Gardens
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Leith Porters' Stone, Henderson Gardens
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 25 Sep 2011
A fairly crude copy of a 17th-century original in Huntly House Museum which was taken from a wine-merchant's house in Leith. It shows the unloading of a ship's cargo with wine casks being lifted by a man-powered winch. See the original here: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.973834
Longitude
-3.172861