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Soldier's Cairn

Milestone (19th Century)
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From the Historic Environment Scotland record 367756

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  • Billy McCrorie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Steven Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chris Newman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Darren Haddock, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John Horner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ann Cook, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Kinnear, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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