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Windy Edge Long Cairn

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Map note: There is a map point for Windy Edge Long Cairn, an ancient site in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

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  • Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • James T M Towill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • M J Richardson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Pennington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian King, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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