Old travel Blog photograph of Miners cottages in Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. the second highest village in South Lanarkshire and Scotland. Silver and lead have been mined in Leadhills and at nearby Wanlockhead for many centuries, even in Roman days. Gold was discovered in the reign of King James IV and, in those early days, it was so famous for its exceptionally pure gold that the general area was known as God's Treasure House in Scotland. The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway was a short branch railway built in Scotland to serve mining settlements, high in the Lowther Hills. Allan Ramsay, the poet, and William Symington, one of the earliest adaptors of the steam engine to the purposes of navigation, were born at Leadhills. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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