War Memorial, Ardgay

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War Memorial, Ardgay

Image: © Graeme Smith Taken: 1 Sep 2008

In such a small village - maybe 200-300 people - the war memorial list more than 40 names from the first world war alone (each of the four sides has names). It is still frightening the loss that war must have caused in small communities.

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.881193
Longitude
-4.363422