Turra Coo
Introduction
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Turra Coo
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 17 Sep 2016
The statue installed in 2000 recalls an event in 1913 on a farm near Turriff when a reactionary local landowner refused to pay national insurance contributions (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Insurance_Act_1911 ) for his tenants. The brutal social struggle of those days seems to be forgotten and the Coo is a tourist attraction.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.537403
Longitude
-2.460809