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    LIFE IN LANG LOAN from the medieval era to the industrial revolution

    Dec 11, 2021 2 minutes

    rior to a residential development at Lang Loan on the southern outskirts of Edinburgh, Guard Archaeology Ltd undertook a metal detecting survey, trial trench evaluation and excavations that revealed 118 archaeological features associated with medieval rig and furrow agriculture, coal extraction and limestone quarrying dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

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