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By Alistair Whitfield

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Jan Evans took this photo of the memorial to the Women's Land Army.

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Unveiled by Prince Charles in 2012, it stands at Clochan, a couple of miles outside Fochabers, on reclaimed farmland donated by the Crown Estate.

It was designed by the Yorkshire artist Peter Naylor and features a group of Land Girls sitting on a farmgate.

Its purpose is pay tribute to the young women who left their homes to work farms and feed the nation during World War Two.

If you have any photos of the scenery, wildlife or buildings in Aberdeenshire and Moray that you're happy to share, send them to alistair.whitfield@hnmedia.co.uk

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