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[From the West Pier- will somebody oblige with the story of this bollard? - Steven]
Picture added on 31 May 2008
Looks like the back end o a cannon
Added by M Nicolson on 03 June 2008
looks like barrel of a cannon
Added by Vince on 03 June 2008
I have seen cannons used as bollards somewhere else, cant remember exactly where, it was on the west coast, maybe Port Askaig, on Islay. Jimmy Hamilton
Anonymous comment added on 04 June 2008
The pier at the Hall of Tankerness has a cannon sticking out of it like this. Supposedly it's off the same ship as the one at the Ness of Tankerness, and there's another in the sea below the ness.
Added by Laurence J.E. Tait on 05 June 2008
Am I right in thinking the story can be traced by viewing picture #914, picture #3785, picture #3786 and picture #3787? Or are these different cannons?
Added by Paul Sutherland on 06 June 2008
There were also cannon bollards at the old weighbridge but the other way up.See picture #3550
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Added by Eoin B Wallace on 07 June 2008
Kirkwall
