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Shotts
Shotts
is a small rural
town
in
North Lanarkshire
,
Scotland
. It is located almost halfway between
Glasgow
(21 miles) and
Edinburgh
(29 miles). At the 2001 census, the population was 8,235. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant
Bertram de Shotts
, though
toponymists
give the
Anglo-Saxon
derived 'sceots' (steep slopes) as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the 2015
world champion
pipe band
, the House of Edgar
Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band
.
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