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Leadhills
Sign in to savethumb|Hillend Summit, Glengonnar Station, ASL. thumb|Green pyromorphite microcrystals cover the vuggy, quartz-rich matrix. Seams of tiny [[cerussite crystals and crusts of contrasting, powder-blue caledonite round out this very rich lead ore specimen from an old Leadhills mine. Size: 7.5 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm.]] thumb|Glengonnar Water near Leadhills Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. It was originally known as Waterhead.
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Place details
- Locality
- Leadhills
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 315
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 315
- Elevation
- 526
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Main Street, Leadhills - geograph.org.uk - 4708148.jpg
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- Commons category
- Leadhills
- native label
- Leadhills
- historic county
- Lanarkshire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Horst Bienek
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Local attractions
- Library
- Grouse moors
- Golf course
- Grave of John Taylor
- Scots Mining Company House
- Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
- Lowther Hills Ski Centre
- Business
- Geology
- Gold, silver and lead
- Minerals
- Leadhills Supergroup
- Mining
- Working conditions
- "Partnerships"
- Steam engines
- 1817 mining accident
- Cemetery
- Notable residents
- Climate
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
thumb|Hillend Summit, Glengonnar Station, ASL. thumb|Green pyromorphite microcrystals cover the vuggy, quartz-rich matrix. Seams of tiny [[cerussite crystals and crusts of contrasting, powder-blue caledonite round out this very rich lead ore specimen from an old Leadhills mine. Size: 7.5 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm.]] thumb|Glengonnar Water near Leadhills Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. It was originally known as Waterhead.
It is the second highest village in Scotland, the highest being neighbouring Wanlockhead, south. It is near the source of Glengonnar Water, a tributary of the River Clyde.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leadhills” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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