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English: Roping peg, St Kilda. The St Kildans used to climb down the sheer cliffs to retrieve fulmar chicks and eggs; this peg, close to the steep cliffs of Conachair, may have been used to anchor the ropes. In the background is Boreray and Stac Liath (Lee) and Stac an Armainn.
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Author Bob Jones
Camera location57° 49′ 08.77″ N, 8° 34′ 03.18″ W  Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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22 August 2006

57°49'8.767"N, 8°34'3.176"W

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