Hoy, Muckle Wards

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Recorded parish

Walls and Flotta

What is recorded here

Hoy, Muckle Wards is a boundary stone in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 306817

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Photo credits

• Andrew Riley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sandy Gerrard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Calum McRoberts, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Derek Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Des Colhoun, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Francis Citpecs, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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