Leadhills

Leadhills [ lɛdhɪls ] (English " Lead Hill" ) is a place of south-west Scotland located Unitary Authority of South Lanarkshire.

The village is, after Wanlockhead, the second- highest town in Scotland at 395 meters above sea level. Lead Hill is located near the source of Glengonnar Water, a tributary of the Clyde.

In the village there is a Masonic Lodge and a library. The Library is the oldest public library in the United Kingdom. It was founded as 23 miners in 1741 the " Leadhills Reading Society " founded.

By 1939, chain in Elvanfoot of the Caledonian Railway from the backroad Elvanfoot - Wanlockhead. Since 1986, the Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway operates a narrow gauge train on the track.

In Wanlockhead and Lead Hill was mined for centuries lead and silver, according to some scientists ever since the Roman times. Gold deposits were discovered during the reign of James IV. The reduction provided work for 300 people, was because he was no longer profitable, abandoned in the 1930s.

The minerals Lanarkit, Leadhillit, Susannite, Plattnerit, Scotlandit, Macphersonit, Chenit and Mattheddleit were first found in Leadhills.

The Scottish poet Allan Ramsay and William Symington, a Scottish pioneer of steam navigation was born in Leadhills. The Scottish mathematician James Stirling worked here from 1737 until his death in 1770 for a mining company.