Summerhouse, known as The Groatie Hoose, built by James Traill in Kirkwall garden in 1730. Spire uses ballast from the wrecked pirate ship of John Gow

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Size: 3571px × 5357px
Location: Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
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