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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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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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Boghouse Castle
Boghouse Castle, was a 14th-century castle, constructed near Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The castle was known to be ruinous by the early 19th century and is now the site of a farm, with no remains visible.
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Crawfordjohn
Crawfordjohn is a small village and civil parish of 117 residents located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is three miles (5 km) west of Abington and seven miles (11 km) north east of Leadhills, near junction 13 of the M74. It lies to the north of the Duneaton Water, a tributary of the River Clyde. It is known for the manufacture of curling stones.
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Crawfordjohn Castle
Crawfordjohn Castle, was a 12th-century castle, constructed by John, stepson of Baldwin de Biggar, near Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site of the castle has yet to be confirmed and appears to have been abandoned in the 14th century after the construction of Boghouse Castle.
Local tradition states that King James V of Scotland, built a tower, as a residence for his mistress, Elizabeth, daughter of John Carmichael of Meadowflat who was the keeper of nearby Crawford Castle, used as a hunting residence by James V.