Lockerbie (/ˈlɒkərbi/, Scottish Gaelic: Locarbaidh[2]) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, located in south-western Scotland.

In 2006, ahead of the construction of a new primary and secondary school, archaeologists from CFA Archaeology undertook excavations.

This is an extremely rare find with only one other site in Scotland showing evidence of flax production in the Neolithic period.

Found in the cemetery were a Collared Urn and a copper alloy dagger of Butterwick type, which is very rare in Scotland, and analysis shows it might have been imported from Wales.

A corn-drying kiln dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval period (1450–1800) was also discovered next to the cemetery.

The Johnstones killed many Maxwells involved in the battle and left many with sword cuts on their heads, leading to the expression "Lockerbie Lick.

"[7] Lockerbie's main period of growth started in 1730 when the landowners, the Johnstone family, made plots of land available along the line of the High Street, producing in effect a semi-planned settlement.

Lockerbie had been home to Scotland's largest lamb market since the 18th century[8] but the arrival of the Caledonian Railway increased further its role in the cross-border trade in sheep.

The railway also produced a lowering in the price of coal, allowing a gas works to be built in the town in 1855.

[9] After the Second World War, this camp housed Ukrainian soldiers from the Galician Division of the Waffen SS.

Lockerbie is known internationally as the place where, on 21 December 1988, the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 crashed after a terrorist bomb on board detonated.

Eleven residents of the town were killed in Sherwood Crescent, where the aircraft's wings and fuel tanks plummeted in a fiery explosion, destroying several houses and leaving a large crater, with debris causing damage to other buildings nearby.

Lockerbie Academy, the town's high school, became the headquarters for the response and recovery effort after the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster.

The rector of Lockerbie Academy, Graham Herbert, was recognised in November 2003 at Syracuse University with the Chancellor's Medal for outstanding service.

[12] Dryfesdale Lodge Visitors' Centre,[13] formerly a cemetery worker's cottage, was opened on 25 October 2003 after extensive renovation work funded by the Lockerbie Trust and is maintained with grant assistance from Dumfries & Galloway Council.

A permanent exhibition room displays ten history panels depicting Lockerbie's past, stretching from its prehistoric origins to 1988's terrorist attack and beyond.