Fish Bed Formation

The Fish Bed Formation is a geological formation in Scotland, United Kingdom. The fluvial to lacustrine sandstones, shales, siltstones and conglomerates preserve flora, arthropods, among which eurypterids, invertebrates and early fish fossils dating back to the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period.

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Glespin

Glespin is a hamlet in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the A70, east of Muirkirk and west of Douglas.
4.1 km

Inches railway station

Inches railway station co-served the hamlet of Glespin, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 1874 to 1964 on the Muirkirk Branch.
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4.9 km

Whitecleuch Chain

The Whitecleuch Chain is a large Pictish silver chain that was found in Whitecleuch, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1869. A high status piece, it is likely to have been worn as a choker neck ornament for ceremonial purposes. It dates from around 400 to 800 AD. The chain is one of ten certain examples of this type, and is on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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6.7 km

Douglas West railway station

Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964.