"Flushing a toilet with the lid closed is generally ... if the bathroom has no windows or ventilation fan, an open lid creates more air circulation to help odours disperse quicker.

The move was met by "dismay" from a tourist group which said the nearby area had become "an open air toilet". But council leader James Stockan said the ancient site was not the local authority's ...

when the toilet was flushed with the lid open. The droplets flew up to 40-50 centimeters and fell, while aerosols floated in the air. Smaller aerosols could drift in a private room for several ...