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Willie writes:
'When there was a gun post at Scad Head the road was so steep they built a cable railway. This was a wheel at the mid station.'
Picture added on 17 July 2005
I once drove down there, just to have a look. It was only arriving at the bottom that I realised what the winch was for. Oops. Had a very difficult time getting the vehicle back up the slope.
Added by Annonymous on 01 November 2023
Hoy and Walls
