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The Great Wall of Mey is 12-feet high

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The high garden walls are to protect the gardens against severe winter gales. It is said that the gales are strong enough to pluck a cabbage from the ground and fling it 60 feet!
[Castle of Mey - Thurso - Caithness - Scotland]