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Dykehead, a village in Shotts parish, NE Lanarkshire, ½ mile W of Shotts station. It stands amid a bleak moorish country, but derives prosperity from extensive neighbouring mineral works.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shotts Parish Lanarkshire County |
| Place: | Dykehead |
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