Gateway to the Moss
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Gateway to the Moss
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 19 Mar 2016
At Commonhead Road. These days it is referred to as an LNR - Local Nature Reserve. Most of the moss has at one time been harvested for the peat. In historical terms this land was 'Common' but in the mid Eighteenth century local landed proprietors took advantage of the law to divide it up between them. Refer North Lanarkshire Council Archives. Motherwell Heritage Centre. "Where Four Laird's waters meet, you'll find the fairies".
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Image Location
Latitude
55.866671
Longitude
-4.086294