The Lang Riggs, Village of Cumbernauld
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The Lang Riggs, Village of Cumbernauld
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 28 Apr 2010
From the Cumbernauld Village blog www.cumbernauldvillage.org/ "The lang riggs on the south of the main street represent one of the most complete examples of a medieval pattern of land use in small communities where households would cultivate narrow strips of land for food. The lang riggs on this southern slope must have been lovely and sunny for growing fruit and vegetables. Today you can still see that pattern amongst the overgrown boundaries, some evidence of old dwellings and the old village wall. They are still a lovely place for a short work."
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Image Location
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55.960779
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-3.976486