Os de baleine arche à Bragar sur l'île de Lewis dans les Hébrides extérieures, en Écosse

• Contributeur: SJ Images / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: C66FGH
• Taille du fichier: 33,2 MB (1,9 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 2776 x 4181 px | 23,5 x 35,4 cm | 9,3 x 13,9 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 24 juin 2011
• Lieu: Bragar, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Informations supplémentaires

In 1920 a dead 80' long blue whale with a harpoon sticking out of it floated onto the shore near Bragar. The village postmaster, Murdo Morrison, decided that its lower jaw would make a suitable arch over the entrance to his house and it was erected in its present position with ironwork joining the bones at the apex and the harpoon strung beneath as a decoration. While the harpoon was being prepared for this new role an unexploded shot blew a hole in a neighbouring wall - fortunately nobody was hurt.

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