Former site of drinking fountain
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Former site of drinking fountain
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 26 Oct 2012
The road is shown in Image In the background of that picture, there is a green fence to the left of the road. The area shown here is at the far end of that fence. OS maps from c.1970 show a drinking fountain here (marked "D Fn"). It is now gone, but its former site is the semicircular area at the foot of the wall. The year of construction, 1937, can still be read on it; for a closer look, see Image The carved stonework at the entrance of Image, only a short distance down the road, is probably from the same period: Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.937867
Longitude
-4.517978