The story of the arch

Mary Macaulay, eldest daughter of former Bragar postmaster Murdo Morrison who created the whalebone arch, has kindly supplied "The Arch at Bragar" an account of how the arch came into being which she wrote in 1980. It is fascinating to read how the authorities were keen to preserve the whale, but were overcome by the elements, or indecision, or both and the whale was left effectively to rot until the villagers were forced to act due to the stench coming up from the bay.
http://www.bragarwhalebone.co.uk/marymacaulay.htm