FOI 314_Jim Crow Rock

10 July 2020

Request:

Foreshore ownership at Jim Crow Rock at Hunters Quay

Response:

The part of the foreshore that this rock is situated does not belong to Crown Estate Scotland. We don't have records of who owns that piece of foreshore

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