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Old lead shaft

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Map note: Near Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the map records Old lead shaft as an ancient site. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

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  • Jim Barton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Kinnear, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Iain Russell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Chris Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alan O'Dowd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Billy McCrorie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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