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Attractively situated in Clydesdale in a ring of Lowland hills.
Prince Louis Napoleon came through here in 1839 on his way to a tournament at Eglinton Castle.
There is an usual memorial to a postmaster and fisherman Matthew MacKenzie on the A73 dated 1848-1926.
In the valley of the Glengonnar Water to the southwest was where once gold was discovered, the road leads through the valley and climbs over 1400ft near the leadmining town of Leadhills.
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- Landmark