Greats in Bobway - A Place of Majesty

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John mc dermot visited the site, which is known as greats in bobway, last year. The complex of winding stone walls and structures was in its prime between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries. It was home to about ten thousand people. More than a million granite stones are stacked in the wall without any mortar.

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