Monday, 5 May 2014

Russell supports call to preserve Traveller memorial - Argyll

from the Herald Scotland

AN MSP is backing a petition calling for a famed Travellers' monument to be preserved and turned into a visitor attraction.

The SNP's Michael Russell claims a site in Cowal in Argyll known as the Tinker's Heart could be the only memorial site left by travellers in the whole of Scotland.

A petition has been lodged with the Scottish Parliament by campaigners led by Traveller and author Jess Smith, who claims the site was used by Travellers for weddings and christenings when they were shunned by the church.

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