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Hill of Nigg photo

Beacon, Hill of Nigg

Jubilee beacon on the summit of Hill of Nigg. Was to be lit a few hours later. This is a lowland site and will recover, but sadly these things are lit on delicate high summits by unthinking vandals celebrating an undemocratic medieval anachronism.

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Taken at: Hill of Nigg, near Cromarty

Date taken / added: 31st May 2002

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