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800 Years Mining in the Lothians
NT 30969 69390
Photo 800-Years800 Years of Mining in the Lothian Coalfields, Campview, Danderhall, Midlothian
Addiewell
NS 98479 62224
Photo Addiewell Addiewell and Loganlea Memorial Garden, Mining Memorial and benches Moorlands Gardens, West Lothian
Airdrie
Commonhead Disaster

NS 75886 66168

Photo Mosside23 Jul 1850 - Airdrie Commonhead Disaster, Commonside Street (opposite Commonhead Lane), Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Airdrie
NS 75126 65996
Photo Mosside22 Sep 1939 - Mosside Disaster, Leaend Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Airdrie
NS 75380 65714
Photo Mosside22 Sep 1938 - Mosside Disaster Whinhall, Park Crescent, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Allanton
NS 85039 57855
Photo AllantonKingshill Miners, Allanton Miner Industial Heritage Sculpture, North Lanarkshire - By John McKenna 2017
Annbank
NS 40673 23100
James BrownJames Brown MP, Weston Avenue, Annbank, (B744)  South Ayrshire
Auchengeich Disaster
NS 69095 70957
Photo-AuchengeighInfo18 Sep 1959 - Auchengeich Miners’ Welfare, Gartferry Road, Moodiesburn, North Lanarkshire
Auchengeich Disaster
NS 73430 73270
Photo-AuchengeighInfoInfo18 Sep 1959 - Condorrat Wall, by roundabout, North Road, Condorrat, North Lanarkshire
Auchinleck
NS 55179 22175
Photo Auchinleck Memorial Garden, walkway and plaque below headframe. Well Road, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire
Auchinleck
NS 55439 22429
RoundRoundabout (A76)  Mauchline Road, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire
Auchinleck near Barony Colliery A Frame
NS 52656 21875
Barony(nr) Barony Colliery A Frame and memorial stone, Barony Road (N7036), Auchinleck, East Ayrshire
Auchlochan and Coalburn
NS 80737 35330
AuchlochanAuchlochan and Coalburn, South Lanarkshire
Baillieston Library Miner Spanish Civil War
NS 68072 64018
B1Baillieston Library, Main Street, Baillieston (A89), Glasgow
Barony Colliery
See Also A Day Out at Barony
Barony1908-1989 - Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire
Barrwood Disaster
NS 71655 77225
Barrwood8 Mar 1878 - Kilsyth Parish Church Cemetery, Howe Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire
Benarty Ballingray, Fife
NT 18040 97828
Photo BenartyBenarty Miners Memorial Garden Ballingray, Fife  (East of B920 opposite junction with Hill Road)
Benwhat Village
NS 46370 09570
Dalmellington BenwhatSite of Benwhat village, off A713 north west of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire  (June 2013)
Bilston Glen Miners
NT 28262 65539
PhotoClark Street, Loanhead, Midlothian
Bishopbriggs
NS 62034 72103
Photo6 Aug 1913 - Cadder Disaster, Cadder Cemetery, corner of A803 and Crosshill Road, Bishopbriggs,  East Dunbartonshire
Bishopbriggs
NS 61077 70365
Photo6 Aug 1913 - Cadder Disaster, Centenary Memorial, Library, Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire
Bishopbriggs
NS 60889 69597
Photo Miners Of The WorldMiners Of The World Memorial Hutch, Crowhill Road, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire
Blackburn
NS 98559 65421
Blackburn Mining Memorial statue, corner of Bathgate Road (B792) and East Main Street (A705), Blackburn, West Lothian
Blackridge Bothie
DEMOLISHED / REMOVED
BlackridgeBothie structure which was at Blackridge West Lothian on the Airdrie - Bathgate Railway Line
Blackridge Memorial Plaque
NS 89870 67164
Blackridge 2Digital Memorial in Blackridge Community Museum, Craiginn Community Centre, Main Street, Blackridge, West Lothian. (Restricted Opening Times)
Blairhall
NT 00532 89758
Photo BlairhallMemorial garden at Rintoul Avenue, Blairhall, Fife
Blairhall Colliery New Memorial
NT 00363 88522
Blairhall NewBlairhall Colliery Memorial. East of Balgonie Woodland Walk car park, B9037 south of Blairhall, Fife. (A hutch has been added, which is a short way from the memorial.) 
SCWBlantyre Miners Spanish Civil War
NS 69098 57253
Photo-Blantyre Spanish Civil War Fatalities, Blantyre Miners Welfare, Calder Street, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
Blantrye Disaster
NS 67794 56619
CentenaryBlantyre Disaster Centenary Blantyre High Cross, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire (Extended to add headstones with names of victims)
Blantrye Disaster
NS 68539 56901

Photo-Blantyre H CemetryBlantyre Disaster, High Blantyre Cemetery, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire.
(22 Oct 1877 & 2 Jul 1879)
Blantyre
NS 68598 55790
Photo-Blantyre DAnce22 Oct 1877 - Statue at Westerpark Avenue, opposite Helmsdale Close, at the Hamilton Technology Park, Hamilton
Blantrye
NS 69066 57279
Photo-BlantyreArea Memorial, Blantyre Miners Welfare, Calder Street, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
Blantrye Disaster
NS 68741 57728
Photo-Blantyre ChurchBlantyre Disaster Windows in St Sephen’s RC Church, Mayberry Place, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
Bo’ness Mines and Miners
NS 99723 81677
Bo’nessBo’ness Mines and Miners, corner of Union Street and Seaview Place, Bo’ness, Falkirk 
Bo’ness, St Catharine's Episcopal Church
NS 99939 81093
Bo’nessBo’ness Industries Window, St. Catharine’s Episcopal Church, Cadzow Crescent, Bo’ness, Falkirk
Bo’ness
NS 99953 81874
Bo’nessBo’ness  Kinneil – Valleyfield Collieries Linkup Memorial, Old Harbour, Bo’ness, Falkirk
Bonnyrigg
NT 30648 65358
McGaheyMichael "Mick" McGahey Memorial, George V Park, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian
Bothwell Castle Miners
NS 70356 58732
HutchBothwell Castle Colliery Hutch, Village Community Hall, Fallside Road, Bothwell, South Lanarkshire
Bothwell Castle Miners
NS 70195 58912
Photo Bothwell-Castle Bothwell Castle Miners Flower Garden, Blantyre Road, B7071. Uddingston Road, Bothwell, South Lanarkshire
Bothwellhaugh Village
NS 72120 58182
Photo BothwellhaughBothwellhaugh Village in Strathclyde Country, nr Bothwell. South Lanarkshire
Bowhill  Area 
NT 21584 95504
Photo BowhillPlaque in Bowhill Community Centre, Station Road, Bowhill, Fife
Bowhill Disaster
NT 21558 95814

Photo Bowhill31 Oct 1931, Bowhill Cemetery, Bowhill, Fife
Bowhill (Jamphlars) Plaque 1
NT 21217 95775
JamphlarsBowhill, Fife (at Hutch and wheel)
Bowhill Miner’s Strike 1984 - 85
NT 21584 95504
StrikePlaque in Bowhill Community Centre, Station Road, Bowhill, Fife.
Broxburn and Uphall
NT 06616 71997

Photo Shale PeopleShale Industry in West Lothian. On the junction between Uphall and Broxburn on the main road through the towns (north side of Goshen Place (A899) at boundary of Broxburn and Uphall, West Lothian). Shown as model in Public Art book.
Broxburn and Uphall
From NS 05936 71744 to
NT 08516 72223
Photo Shale PeopleBroxburn & Uphall Shale People murals, along A899, in Uphall and Broxburn, West Lothian
Buckhaven
NT 36329 98705

WemyssRandolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Wellesley Road, Buckhaven, Fife
Burngrange Disaster
NT 01688 63118
Photo10 Jan 1947 - Town Centre (A71), West Calder, West Lothian
Burngrange Disaster
NT 01688 63118

PhotoThe Burngrange Disaster Memorial, in West Calder, has had a bench with a mining scene and plaque added to it
Burngrange
NT 00451 65967
Photo 10 Jan 1947 - Seafield Bowling Club, Seafield, West Lothian
Cadder Disaster
(RC miners) 6 Aug 1913
PhotoSt Kentigern’s RC Cemetery, directly north of access on Tresta Road, Glasgow
Cadder 6 Aug 1913
NS 57761 69812
PhotoCentenary Memorial  Lambhill Stables, Balmore Road, Glasgow
Cairntable Village
NS 3172 13935
PhotoCairntable Village Memorial, B730, South of Drongan, East Ayrshire
Caldercruix
NS 82167 68054
CaldercruixMemorial in Heritage Gardens to east of Dunbreck Avenue, Caldercruix, North Lanarkshire
Cambuslang
NS 64592 60414
CambuslangMiners in Cambuslang and Mick McGahey, Hamilton Road, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire
Carberry to West Saltoun East Lothian Mines on Pencaitland Railway Walk
From NT 36987 68904
to NT 43990 68440
 
PhotoEast Lothian Mines on Pencaitland Railway Walk Memorials to Oxenford Pit, Bellyford Pit, Limeyands Pit, Meadow. From NT 36987 68904 to NT 43990 68440 Pit, Elphinstone (Bog, Howden, Fleets Pits), Ormiston Station Pit, Woodhall Pit, Huntlaw Pit [Walkway from Carberry to West Saltoun, East Lothian]
Cardenden
NT 21217 95775
JamphlarsCardenden Hutch and Wheel Bowhill View, Cardenden, Fife
Cardenden
NT 21217 95775
Jamphlars(Jamphlars) Plaque 1 at Hutch and Wheel, Bowhill View, Cardenden, Fife
Cardenden
NT 21217 95775
JamphlarsPlaque 2 at Hutch and Wheel, Bowhill, Cardenden, Fife
Cardowan Memorial
NS 66336 68293
Photo-Barrwood Cardowan Cardowan Colliery, south of rail station, Cardowan Road, Stepps, North Lanarkshire, Unveiled 19-Oct-2019
Coalburn and Auchlochan
NS 80737 35330
AuchlochanCoalburn and Auchlochan, Hutch beside Shoulderigg Road, West of Coalburn, South Lanarkshire
Coaltown of Balgonie
NT 30239 99729
Photo BalgonieBalgonie Colliery and Estate, Victoria Hall, Main Street, Coaltown of Balgonie, Fife
Coaltown of Wymess
NT 32539 95955
Wymess Main Street (A955) at its junction with Lochhead Pit Road, Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife. This was removed but was reinstated in 2024.
Coatbridge Sculptures
NS 72985 65089
Coatbridge-59Statue to miner in group of three statues. In old canal off West Canal Street at junction with Summerlee Street, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.
Comrie
NT 02029 89412
Photo-ComrieMural on The White Gates public house beside A907, at eastern end of Comrie, Perth and Kinross
Condorrat
NS 73430 73270

Photo-AuchengeighInfo Auchengeich Disaster, Condorrat Wall, by roundabout, North Road, Condorrat, North Lanarkshire
Cowdenbeath
NT 16824 91085

DisasterDonnibristle Disaster, Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife (west of road into Cowdenbeath from A92)  
Cowdenbeath
NT 16573 91505

Donibristle Mining Boy Mural High Street Cowdenbeath, (A909) west of pedestrian crossing by junction with Broad Street, Fife 
Cowdenbeath
NT 16573 91505

Donibristle Cowdenbeath Centenary Memorial. It is just across the footpath from the Mining Boy Mural, Fife.
Cowie
NS 83808 89417
Photo CowieMain Street, Cowie, Stirlingshire (opposite Community Centre)
Crossgates Community Garden CrossgatesCrossgates Community Garden
Crosshouse, Andrew Fisher Memorial Cairn
NS 39545 38193
A-FisherAndrew Fisher Memorial Cairn, Lindsay Park, Annandale Gardens, Crosshouse, East Ayrshire
Crosshouse
NS 39323 38397
AF-PMA-FisherAndrew Fisher Memorial Cairn and Bench, Crosshouse village, By Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. Andrew was a miner and trade union man born in Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, he went on to become Prime Minister of Australia 3 times between 1908 and 1915 and a High Commissioner thereafter. Fisher's second government between 1910 and 1913 completed a vast legislative programme which made him, along with Protectionist Alfred Deakin, the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation - See Wikipedia
Andrew Fisher
NS 39323 38397
A-FisherMemorial Cairn to east side of B7521, just north of Kilmarnock Road, Crosshouse, East Ayrshire
Crosshouse
NS 39619 38199
Andrew FisherAndrew Fisher Library, Annandale Gardens, south of B7081, Crosshouse, By Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Croy Miners' Memorial
NS 72470 75993

CroyJunction of Constarry Road and Cuilmuir Terrace, Croy, North Lanarkshire Croy welcomes new Miners' Memorial
Croy Holy Cross R.C. Church
NS 72815 75623

CroyRCCroy Holy Cross R.C. Church grounds, Barbegs Crescent, Croy, North Lanarkshire NS 72815 75623
Croy Holy Cross R.C. Church
NS 72815 75623

CroyRCOne of the Stations of the Cross inside the Holy Cross RC Church at Croy NS 72815 75623
Cumnock, Glaisknock Shopping Centre
NS 5695 2012
Photo GlaisknockGlaisknock Centre Memorial Formerly in original Glaisknock Shopping Centre, Cumnock, East Ayrshire (Building Demolished)
Cumnock Town Hall
NS 56957 19942
Keir HardyStatue of Keir Hardie, Cumnock Town Hall, Glaisknock Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Cumnock
NS 56755 20173
Keir HardyKeir Hardy Room, The Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Dailly 
NS 26728 01401
Photo DailllyInfoDailly, South Ayrshire (Corner of West End and Bridge Street, B741)
Dalkeith and Cowdenfoot
NT 32876 66984
Photo DalkeithKing's Park, Dalkeith beside the A6094 opposite to entrance to Morrisons Car Park
Dalmellington, Benwhat village
NS 46370 09570
Photo AuchinleckSite of Benwhat village, off A713 north - west of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire (June 2013) One of a number of villages created in the Doon Valley of Ayrshire by the Dalmellington Iron Company in the mid to late 19th century
Dalmellington Hutch
NS 47576 05978
Dalmellington Hutch Hutch and Seat  Community Centre, Ayr Road (A713), Dalmellington, East Ayrshire
Dalmellington Mining Villages
NS 46735 06595
Photo StonesStanding Stones to 7 mining villages in Doon Valley (1999), off A713 north of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire
Danderhall
NT 30969 69390
Photo 800-Years800 Years Mining in the Lothians Coalfields, Campview, Danderhall, Midlothian
Danderhall
NT 30391 69986
ChildChild Miner of Newton Parish and 13 killed in High-Pressure Pit Disaster. Junction of The Wisp and Edmonstone Road, Danderhall, Midlothian
Danderhall (Village) and Newton Village in Midlothian
Village-SignEntry features Danderhall (Village) and Newton Village in Midlothian
Donibristle Disaster
NT 16824 91085

Donibristle26 Aug 1901 - Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife  (west of road into Cowdenbeath from A92)
Drongan Memorial
NS 44568 18408
DronganDrongan Memorial, East Ayrshire
Dumbreck Disaster
NS 71605 77127

Photo DumbreckInfo Bumbreck30 Jan 1938 - Kilsyth Cemetery, Howe Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire (*Note: memorial names the event as Drumbreck Disaster)
Dysart Frances 'A' Frame
NT 30987 93885
Photo FrancesDysart Francis 'A' Frame Off and to the south of A955 east of Dysart
Dysart Frances Colliery
NT 30770 93708
BlanchOn Coastal Path at Edington Place, Dysart, Fife
Easthouses Miners
NT 34576 65695
Photo-EastEasthouses Industrial Estate, Midlothian
East Lothian Mines on Pencaitland Railway Walk  Carberry to West Saltoun, East Lothian
From NT 36987 68904 to
NT 43990 68440
PhotoMemorials to:-
Oxenford Pit Bellyford Pit
Limeyands Pit Meadow Pit
Elphinstone (Bog, Howden, Fleets Pits) Ormiston Station Pit
Woodhall Pit, Huntlaw Pit
Fallin
NS 83892 91514
Photo FallinOpposite junction with Castle View, Fallin, Stirlingshire
Fallin
NS 83815 91516
Photo Fallin

Polmaise Colliery Polmaise Colliery Equipment Museum, Fallin, Stirlingshire

Fauldhead Colliery
NS 73293 12176
PhotoMain Street, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
Fauldhead Colliery
NS 93270 60771
Photo Fauldhouse Mining Tribute, Main Street, Fauldhouse, West Lothian
Fauldhouse (Fallahill) Art Project
NS 93270 60771
ArtFauldhouse (Fallahill) Art Project
Fauldhouse (Fallahill) Disaster
NS 93169 60656
Photo 20 Oct 1902 - Fallahill Disaster, Fauldhouse Miners Welfare, Bathgate Street, Fauldhouse, West Lothian
Fishcross
NS 90000 95244
Photo FallinIn Park at Lawswell, east of Alloa Road Fishcross, Clackmannanshire
Fort Kinnaird FortFort Kinnaird, built by a local man now deceased who was an Elvis fan. In the grounds of the old church that is now the Craigmillar Arts Centre, Edinburgh.
Forth And District
NS 93941 53472
ForthForth Memorial, A705 (Breich Cross Roads / Lanark) by junction with Ravenswood, Forth, South Lanarkshire (Unveiled April 2025)
Frances 'A' Frame
NT 30987 93885
Photo FrancesOff and to the south of A955 east of Dysart, Fife
Frances Colliery
NT 30770 93708
Photo FrancesOn Coastal Path at Edington Place, Dysart, Fife
Galston
NS 50096 36390
Galstone-PicGalston and Loudoun Parishes - Barr Street, Galston, East Ayrshire
Gilmerton
NT 29482 68679
GilmertonGilmerton is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles southeast of the city centre. The "tombstone" at Gilmerton Crossroads
Glasgow, Blantrye, Dalbeth Cemetery NS 63170 62897 DunbeathBlantyre Disaster Memorial, RC Miners in Dalbeth Cemetery, London Road, Glasgow
SCWGlasgow, Blantyre Miners Spanish Civil War
NS 68072 64018
Photo-Blantyre Spanish Civil War Fatalities, Blantyre Miners Welfare, Calder Street, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
Glasgow, Cadder Disaster NS 57761 69812 CadderCadder Disaster (RC miners) St Kentigern’s RC Cemetery, north of Tresta Road access, Glasgow
Glasgow, Cadder Disaster
NS 58479 6467
Photo#Lambhill6 Aug 1913 - Centenary Memorial Lambhill Stables, Balmore Road, Glasgow
Glasgow, Nitshill Disaster
NS 52241 60179

Nitshill Photo15 Mar 1851 - Nitshill Road, Glasgow  (west of A726 at Nitshill Railway Station)
Glenbuck 
NS 74909 29507
GlenbuckGlenbuck Heritage Village, East Ayrshire
Glenburn
NS 36008 26113
Photo Prestwick Glenburn, Junction of Shaw Road and Langcroft Avenue, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
Glencraig
NT 17878 95544
Photo Lochgelly Glencraig Colliery. On east side of B920 at access to Inchgall Farm north of Lochgelly, Fife
Glencraig Village
NT 18000 95220
Photo LochgellyIn memory of the lives lost - On east side of B920 north of Lochgelly
Glenrothes
NO 27239 00984
Photo Rothes-HallsRothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes, Fife
Glenrothes Underpass
NO 26658 02219
Rothes-Underpass Underpass beneath B969 North of Lodge Rise, Glenrothes has cast concrete features but not obviously mining related.
Gorebridge Miners
NT 34284 61878
GorebridgeHunterfield Road (B704) by War Memorial, Gorebridge, Midlothian
Hamilton Blantyre Disaster Statue
NS 68598 55790
Photo-Blantyre DAnce22 Oct 1877 - Statue at Westerpark Avenue, opposite Helmsdale Close, at the Hamilton Technology Park, Hamilton
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Council Offices
NS 72215 55323
Photo - UdstonIn memory of the 73 men and boys who perished in the Udston Colliery Explosion 1887. South Lanarkshire Council Offices, Brandon Gate, Brandon Street, Hamilton.
Harthill
NS 90175 64376
PhotoWest Main Street / Bank Road, Harthill, North Lanarkshire
Hardie, Keir
NS 77557 592441
Keir HardyKeir Hardie Memorial Primary School, Newarthill, North Lanarkshire
Hardie, Keir
NS 76158 60531
Keir HardyKeir Hardie Sports Centre, Main Street, Holytown, North Lanarkshire
Hardie, Keir
NS 56957 19942
Keir HardyStatue of Keir Hardie, Cumnock Town Hall, Glaisknock Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Hardie, Keir
NS 56755 20173
Keir HardyKeir Hardy Room, The Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire
High Valleyfield Disaster
NS 99924 86519
Daly GardenHigh Valleyfield Disaster 28 - Oct - 1939, Mine Wheel, Daly Gardens, High Valleyfield, Fife. The Disaster was at Valleyfield Colliery and is known as the Valleyfield Disaster. Valleyfield Colliery was near Low Valleyfield village
High Valleyfield Disaster
NT 0050 86511
Photo-High-Valley28 May 1887 - Valleyfield Avenue, High Valleyfield, Dunfermline
High Valleyfield, Amended Memorial
NT 0050 86511
Photos High Valleyfield Valleyfield Disaster, Valleyfield Avenue, High Valleyfield, Fife. [Amended in 2021 by the addition of three plaques displaying the names of the men and a woman killed at Valleyfield Colliery. Also added 2021 are silhouettes of mining scenes attached at intervals to the fence on two edges of the park.]
Valleyfield Disaster - Plaque and Pictures in Local Club
NT 00462 86843
Photos ClubPlaque and Pictures in Local Club
Holytown
NS 76158 60531
Keir HardyKeir Hardie Sports Centre, Main Street, Holytown, North Lanarkshire
SCWIrvine Library Miner Spanish Civil War
NS 32072 39070
JS-SCWMiner Spanish Civil War, Irvine Library, High Street, Irvine, North Ayrshire
James A. Ritchie
NS 69591 60244
RitchieStained glass window, Uddingston Parish Church, Old Glasgow Road, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire
James Brown MP
NS 40673 23100
JB-MPWeston Avenue, Annbank, (B744) South Ayrshire
Johnstone Wee Wood
NS 42535 62315
Quarrelton 25 Jul 1860 - Johnstone Wee Wood, Quarrelton Road / Beith Road junction Johnstone, Renfrewshire [Joint memorial Benston and Quarrelton Disasters]
Kames Disaster
NS 69658 27773
Photo19 Nov 1957 - Bench in New Muirkirk, New Cemetery, Glasgow Road, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire
Kelty Collieries
NT 12975 93745
PhotoKelty Collieries, Entrance to Blairadam Forrest, (B914 Kelty / Saline west of M90) nr Kelty, Fife
Kelty Miners
NT 14254 94582
PhotoKelty Miners. Outside new Kelty Library, 80 – 82 Main Street, Kelty, Fife
Kelty
NT 14911 94378
Lindsey Lindsay Disaster Junction of Station Road and A909, Kelty, Fife
Kilsyth, Barrwood Disaster
NS 71655 77225
Barrwood8 Mar 1878 - Kilsyth Parish Church Cemetery, Howe Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire
Kilsyth, Dumbreck Disaster
NS 71605 77127

Photo DumbreckInfo Bumbreck30 Jan 1938 - Kilsyth Cemetery, Howe Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire (*Note: memorial names the event as Drumbreck Disaster)
Kilsyth Miners Memorial Park
NS 71820 77958
Photo-KilsythMiners Memorial Park, Charles St and East Burnside St, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire
Kincardine Miners' Strike 1984 - 1985
NS 93083 87466
Strike-KMemorial to the Miners' Strike of 1984-1985 which is now in the window of the Kincardine Library, Keith Street, Kincardine, Fife.
Kinglassie KinglassieKinglassie, Entry Feature to What Was a Mining Museum in Kinglassie, Fife
Kingseat
NT 12554 90345
PhotoAt junction of Main Street (B912) and Church Street, Kingseat, Fife
Kingshill Miners, Allanton
NS 85039 57855
Photo AllantonKingshill Miners, Allanton Miner Industial Heritage Sculpture, North Lanarkshire
Kinneddar
NT 02738 90935
KinnedarKinneddar Disaster - 1895, Fifeshire Main Collieries, Limited near Dunfermline, in Fifeshire
Kinneil - Valleyfield Link Up
NS 99953 81874
KinneilThe path under the arch has 13 slabs each with a bit of a sentence
Kirkcaldy, Seafield Colliery
NT 27695 89512
PhotoSeafield Colliery, Bowhouse Drive, Kirkcaldy, Fife
Kirkconnel
NS 73495 12153
WheelMiners Wheel, Between Polveach Terrace and Main Street, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkconnel
NS 73802 11114
Photo Mine A Frame, Auchengour Allotments, Brekony Crescent, Kelloholm, Kirkconnel, Dumfries & Galloway
Kirkconnel
NS 73293 12176
WheelFauldhead Colliery, Sanquhar Miners, Main Street Miners, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkconnel Miners Memorial Hall
NS 73055 12186
Photo-Lochore Miners Memorial Hall, Needle Street, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
Knockshinnoch Disaster
NS 61283 12319

PhotoInfo Knockshinnoch7 Sep 1950 - Knockshinnoch Disaster, Knockshinnoch Colliery site, New Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Lady Blanch Pit Photo Lady Blanch PlaqueCurrently in Dysart Town Hall. Permanent site proposed at Howard Place, Rectory Lane, Dysart
Leadhills
NS 88544 14997
Keir HardyJames Stirling Memorials at Curfew Bell, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire
Lindsay Disaster
NT 14911 94378
Photo14 Dec 1957 - Junction of Station Road and A909, Kelty, Fife
Livingston, Livingston Paraffin Harvester
NT 05478 66801

PhotoEntry to Almondvale Centre, next to Primark, off Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston, West Lothian
Loanhead
NT 28262 65539
PhotoBilston Glen Miners, Clark Street, Loanhead, Midlothian
Lochgelly
NT 186 93401
  
PhotoLochgelly Square, Lochgelly, Fife
Lochore  (Mary Pit)
NT 17970 96596
Photo-Lochore(Mary Pit) Lochore Miners Institute, Lochleven Road, Lochore, Fife
WWI War Memorial, Dedicated to the Men of Mary Pit
Lochore Meadows Country Park
NT 1775 95936
Photo-LochoreWheel at entrance and in park, Lochore Meadows, Lochore, Ballingary, Fife
Lochore, Mary Pit
NT 17033 96487
Photo-Mary-Pit Mary Pit Memorial, Lochore Meadows, Lochore, Fife
Lochore
NT 17091 96106
 
Photo-Lochore-WW1Miners’ Strike  1984 – 85 Lochore Meadows, Lochore, Fife
McGahey, Mick
NS 64592 60414
Mick McGaheyMichael "Mick" McGahey, Part of Cambuslang Memorial, Hamilton Road, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire
McGahey, Mick
NT 30648 65358
McGaheyMichael "Mick" McGahey, George V Park, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian
Michael Disaster
NT 33589 96567
Photo-MichaelInfo Michael9 Sep 1967 - Michael Disaster, south of Main Road at St Mary’s Terrace, Main Road, East Wemyss, Fife. The original plaque is now housed at the mining museum at West Wemyss.
Millerhill
(The Carbon Tower)

NT 32281 69320
Photo-MillerhillMymet Gardens, Old Craighall Road, New Public Artwork has been Unveiled at Millerhill at Shawfair, Midlothian
Miner Killed in
New Zealand

NO 12270 23923
WatsonBench at Back Wynd Car Park, crossroads Gowrie Street and East Bridge Street, Perth, Perth and Kinross
Peter J Rodger 1970 - 2010
Miners Of The World Memorial Hutch
NS 60889 69597
Photo Miners Of The WorldCrowhill Road, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire
Miner’s Strike 1984 - 85
NT 21584 95504
Photo BowhillPlaque in Bowhill Community Centre, Station Road, Bowhill, Fife.
Miners’ Strike 1984 - 85
NT 17091 96106
Photo-Lochore-StrikeLochore Meadows, Ballingray, Fife
Miners’ Strike 1984 - 85 Keir HardyWhitburn Miners’ Strike 1984 – 85 plaque on building in East Main Street, Whitburn, (A705) West Lothian. Was at NS 94675 65024 removed because of building refurbishment works but due to be replaced.
Monktonhall Miners Memorial
NT 30969 69390
Photo MonktonhallMemorial to Miners killed at Monktonhall, Campview, Danderhall, Midlothian
Moodiesburn
NS 69095 70957

Photo-AuchengeighInfo18 Sep 1959 - Auchengeich Disaster Auchengeigh Miners’ Welfare, Gartferry Road, Moodiesburn, North Lanarkshire
Mosside Disaster
NS 75126 65996
Photo Mosside22 Sep 1939 - Mosside Disaster, Leaend Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Muirkirk
NS 69561 27242
PhotoStone, Main Street, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire (north side Main Street 100 yds west of Glasgow Road)
Muirkirk
NS 69602 27289
PhotoMuirkirk Heritage Park, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire  (Main Street at Glasgow Road)
Muirkirk (Smallburn)
NS 68498 26553
Photo Smalburn Heritage Park, South Muirkirk, East Ayrshire
Newcraighall
NT 31962 71857
Photo-NewcraighallMain Street, Newcraighall, Edinburgh
Newton
NS 67053 60818
Photo-NewtonRedlawood Road Park, Newton, nr Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire
Newtongrange
NT 33342 64228
Photo-NewtongrangeMain Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian
New Cumnock Photo NCGlaisknock Shopping Centre, Cumnock
Ochiltree
NS 50591 21103
Photo NCOchiltree New Memorial, Main Street, Ochiltree, East Ayrshire
New Cumnock
NS 61831 13721
Photo NCNew Cumnock, East Ayrshire (East of The Castle or New Cumnock Main Street, behind bus stop lay by)
Out in the Open
Livingston Landmark Project
PhotoWL LogoThe Livingston Landmark Project
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Patna - The Heritage of Patna
NS 41598 10306
Photo PatnaWilliam Fullerton Memorial Plaque. Patna Primary Schools Campus, Whitehill Avenue, Patna, East Ayrshire
Penicuik
NT 23830 61384
Photo-Mauricewood5 Sep 1889 - Mauricewood Disaster Mauricewood Road, Penicuik, Midlothian
Plean
NS 82745 86822
Photo-Plean Plean Miners, Plean Country Park, near Plean, Stirlingshire
Plean Disaster
NS 83490 67155
Photo-PleanPlean Disaster - 13 July 1922 - West end of Main Street, Plean, Stirlingshire, (near Primary School)
Plean Disaster
NS 83224 87641
Photo-Plean 13 July 1922 - Main Street, Plean, Stirlingshire (west end of High Street)
Polmaise Colliery Museum
NS 83815 91516
Photo MonktonhallPolmaise Colliery Museum, Fallin, Stirlinghire
Prestongrange Colliery Families at Prestonpans
NT 38050 74152
Photo Prestonpans MuralOn the south side of Prestonpans High Street (B1348) just east of junction with Prestongrange Road
Prestonpans Industries
NT 38764 74631
Photo PrestonpansHigh Street, Prestonpans, East Lothian
Prestonpans Mining
NT 39702 73979
Photo PrestonpansTriangular area junction of Schaw Road and Bankton Terrace (B1361), Prestonpans, East Lothian
Prestonpans Mural on Sea Wall Prestonpans Sea WallThis mural is on a sea wall at the eastern end of the car park directly north of the  High Street
Quarrelton
NS 42535 62315
Quarrelton 2 May 1818 - Wee Wood, Johnstone, Renfrewshire   (Quarrelton Road / Beith Road junction) - [Joint memorial with Benston Disaster]
Quarter
NS 72236 51170
Photo QuarterQuarter Church, Quarter, South Lanarkshire
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital
NT 36329 98705
WemyssWellesley Road, Buckhaven, Fife
Redding Disaster 
Q-B25 Sep 1923 - Redding Disaster, Redding Cross, Redding Road and Main Street, Redding, nr Falkirk, Falkirk. At side of A70, at entry to Rigside village, South Lanarkshire
Rigside
NS 87725 35187
PhotoAt side of A70 at entry to Rigside village, South Lanarkshire
Rosewell Memorial NRNew Rosewell Memorial Gorton Road
Rosewell Memorial PaveRosewell Bowling Club New Paving Showing Respective Positions of Memorial and Bench
Ritchie, James A. RitchieStained glass window, Uddingston Parish Church, Old Glasgow Road, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire
Rowanburn
NY 40847 77209
Photo-RowanburnRowanburn Colliery and miner, at side of A6357, Rowanburn, north of Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway (Memorial to Samuel Lindsay, Killed at Rowanburn Pit, 1922)
Rutherglen Memorial
NS 61370 61673
RutherglenRutherglen Mining Memorial South Lanarkshire
Sauchie Photo-SauchieMar Place and Parkhead Road (908) Sauchie, Clackmannanshire 
Scottish Parliament ParliamentMiners Call for National Memorial at Scottish Parliament - ITV Report
Seafield Colliery
NT 27695 89512
PhotoBowhouse Drive, Kirkcaldy, Fife
Seafield Disaster
Photo-Glenrothes10 May 1973 - CISWO Club, Kingdom Way, Glenrothes, Fife
Seafield Oil Works
NT 00410 65988
PhotoOil Works, WWI Memorial, Seafield Community Centre, Seafield, West Lothian
Sea Mine Sea-MineWWII at West Wemyss in Fife
Shotts
NS 86851 59963
Photo MossideSlab In pavement at Dykehead Cross, Station Road, Shotts, North Lanarkshire
Shotts (The Backshift) Shotts-BackIn park south of Health Centre, Station Road (B717), Shotts, North Lanarkshire
Skares PhotoSkares, on B7046 south west of Cumnock, East Ayrshire
Smillie, Robert
NS 76202 50892
SmillieMemorial Arch and Park, Broomhill Gate / Gallowhill Road, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
Smillie, Robert
NS 6006 56288
SchoolRobert Smillie Memorial Primary School, Glen Avenue, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
Standburn (Muiravonside and Redford Collieries) Standburn Muiravonside & Redford Collieries Standburn (B825) between Avonbridge and A801, Falkirk
Stanrigg Disaster
NS 79630 68232

Stanrigg9 Jul 1918 - Stanrigg Plains, North Lanarkshire (on side of back road off A89 just east of Plains)
Stanrigg Disaster Stanrigg9 Jul 1918 - Stanrigg Memorial Park, Meikle Drumgray Road, Wattston, North Lanarkshire
Stanrigg Disaster
78813 70647
Stanrigg9 Jul 1918 - Stanrigg Memorial Community Hall and Sports Centre, Greengairs, North Lanarkshire
Stanrigg Disaster New Stanrigg9 Jul 1918 - Stanrigg New Memorial, Greengairs Rd, Wattston
Stanrigg Disaster New StanriggAirdrie Mining Memorial, 9 Jul 1918
Stevenston
NS 26223 41439

Photo-Auchenharvie2 Aug 1895 - Auchenharvie Disaster, Auchenharvie Golf Course, Stevenston, North Ayrshire
Stirling, James
NS 88544 14997
Keir Hardy Leadhills James Stirling Memorials at Curfew Bell, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire
Stoneyburn and Bents PhotoStoneyburn and Bents. In Foulshiels Park, Stoneyburn and Bents, West Lothian
Tranent TranentTranent, (Trevernent) A Place of Great Importance, East Lothian
The Mining of coal has been taking place in and around tranent since at least 1200
New Town Entry Feature
Townhill Park Dunfermline Photo-Townhill ParkMining Heritage Garden, Townhill, near Dunfermline, Fife
Uddingston Window
NS 69591 60244
Uddingston James A. Ritchie window, Uddingston Parish Church, Old Glasgow Road, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire
Udston  Disaster
NS 72215 55323
Photo - Udston28 May 1887 - South Lanarkshire Council Offices, Brandon Gate, Brandon Street, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Udston Disaster
NS 63737 54424
Photo - Udston28 May 1887 - Priestknowe Roundabout, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire (junction of Whitemoss Av, West Mains Rd, Stuart St, Churchill Avenue
Valleyfield Disaster
NT 0050 86511
Photo-High-Valley28 May 1887 - Valleyfield Avenue, High Valleyfield, Dunfermline
Valleyfield Disaster, Fife
NT 00462 86843
Photo-Valleyfield-Sch28 May 1887 - Plaque in Valleyfield Social Club, Kinloss Court, Memorial Garden, St Serfs RC Primary School, Preston Street, High Valleyfield, Fife
Wallyford WallyfordSalters’ Road, Wallyford, East Lothian
Watson No.3 Colliery WatsonCorner of Watsonville Park and Barrie Street (off A721), Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
West Wemyss - Sea Mine Sea-MineWest Wemyss, 5 Miners Killed by a Sea Mine During WWII
Whin Hall WhinWhin Hall Memorial, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Whitburn PhotoMarket Place, Armadale Road, (A706) Whitburn, West Lothian
Whitehill 15MWhitehill Colliery and Brickworks workers, Carnethie Street / Gorton Road, Rosewell, Midlothian
Whitrigg Community Park
NS 96700 64617 (approximate)
WhitriggWhitrigg Community Park. East Whitburn, West Lothian
Winchburgh Shale Miners Photo-WinchburghIn Winchburgh Village Churchyard, Winchburgh, West Lothian
Woolmet Colliery Photo WoolmetCampview, Danderhall, Midlothian
Woolmet Colliery MuralMural, was sited adjacent to the landscaped bing at Woolmet - Charles Fletcher
Woolmet Miners and workers Photo MonktonhallCampview, Danderhall, Midlothian
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