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  Kirbuster_1158.JPG - This is believed to be the last remaining original, unrestored open hearth in Western Europe. The beam above it is thought to have come from a shipwreck as there have never been large trees on Orkney.  
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This is believed to be the last remaining original, unrestored open hearth in Western Europe. The beam above it is thought to have come from a shipwreck as there have never been large trees on Orkney.

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