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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 41 - Parish of Lamington and Wandel, OS1/21/41

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Lanarkshire -- Lamington and Wandel Parish

There is an drawing of a jug/goblet on the page.

Also written on the page across columns 2-5:- This goblet is in the possession of Adam Sim Esq. of Coulter Mains, it is made of bronze metal and the formation is circular, and gibbous near the bottom, from which it tapers to the top, or mouth, its capacity will be about a quart; the exact place where it was found is not known, as the person who found it is dead, he was a weaver, and Mr French says that it was found by the weaver when following a ploughman on the Harrygill Brae, the ploughman did not observe it, and the weaver did not draw his attention to it, but followed him to the end of the field and told him it was 6 o'clock and time to go home, which he did, and the weaver loitered about and took the goblet.

Transcriber's notes

There is something written between rows 4 and 5 of the description over columns 2-5, which is unclear.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 41 - Parish of Lamington and Wandel, OS1/21/41

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Lamington and Wandel.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Lanark, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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