The Altar

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What is recorded here

The Altar is a mountain or peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Photo credits

• David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Lis Burke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andy Farrington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Kirsty Smith and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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