Jess Smith leads campaign to save the Tinker's Heart

From the Travellers' Times

MANY would assume that Gypsies and Travellers don't have historic sites: places they have gone back to down the generations, and which hold a special place within the culture.

Yet the Tinker's Heart in Argyll, Scotland, is exactly that: an ancient monument dating back to the 1700s, and a "sacred place" for Travellers.

Now, a petition has been launched with the Scottish Parliament to help prevent the Heart from being destroyed.

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