Sign for the Turks Head, Scarborough
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Sign for the Turks Head, Scarborough
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 16 Oct 2007
In most instances a variant of Saracen's Head. The expression was also applied to other objects, such as a kind of thistle, a round long handled broom or brush, a round cake tin which has a conical core in the centre and an ornamental knot called a Turk's head.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.285042
Longitude
-0.395054