Leadhills, Scotland (Recollections)
Leadhills is a village in the southwest of Scotland, originally established for the accodmations of miners. It would have been a working, industrial town when Wordsworth visited it. It is the second highest village in Scotland.Â
"Leadhills, another mining village, was the place of our destination for the night; and soon after we had passed the cart we came in sight of it. This village and the mines belong to Lord Hopetoun; it has more stone houses than Wanlockhead, one large old mansion, and a considerable number of old trees—beeches, I believe."
"We went close to it, and were a good deal amused with the building itself, standing forth in bold contradiction of the story which I daresay every man of Leadhills tells, and every man believes, that it is in the shape of an H; it is but half an H, and one must be very accommodating to allow it even so much, for the legs are far too short
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Coordinates
Longitude: -3.760046000000
