Ayrshire
Dailly
NS 26728 01401 |
 Dailly, South Ayrshire (Corner of West End and Bridge Street, B741) |
Glenburn
NS 36008 26113 |
Glenburn, Junction of Shaw Road and Langcroft Avenue, Prestwick, South Ayrshire |
Clackmannashire
Fishcross
NS 90000 95244 |
In Park at Lawswell, east of Alloa Road Fishcross, Clackmannanshire |
| Sauchie |
Mar Place and Parkhead Road (908) Sauchie, Clackmannanshire |
Dumfries and Galloway
Fauldhead Colliery NS 73293 12176 |
Main Street, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway |
Kirkconnel
NS 73495 12153 |
Miners Wheel, Between Polveach Terrace and Main Street, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway |
Kirkconnel
NS 73802 11114 |
Mine A Frame, Auchengour Allotments, Brekony Crescent, Kelloholm, Kirkconnel, Dumfries & Galloway |
Kirkconnel
NS 73293 12176 |
Fauldhead Colliery, Sanquhar Miners, Main Street Miners, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway |
Kirkconnel Miners Memorial Hall
NS 73055 12186 |
Miners Memorial Hall, Needle Street, Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway |
Rowanburn NY 40847 77209 |
At side of A6357, Rowanburn, north of Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway (Memorial to Samuel Lindsay, a miner Killed at Rowanburn Colliery, 1922) |
East Ayrshire
Auchinleck
NS 55179 22175 |
Memorial Garden, walkway and plaque below headframe. Well Road, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire |
Auchinleck
NS 55439 22429 |
Roundabout (A76) Mauchline Road, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire |
Auchinleck near Barony Colliery A Frame
NS 52656 21875 |
(nr) Barony Colliery A Frame and memorial stone, Barony Road (N7036), Auchinleck, East Ayrshire |
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| Barony Colliery |
Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire |
Benwhat Village
NS 46370 09570 |
Site of Benwhat village, off A713 north west of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire (June 2013) |
Cairntable Village
NS 3172 13935 |
Cairntable Village Memorial, B730, South of Drongan, East Ayrshire |
Crosshouse, Andrew Fisher Memorial Cairn
NS 39545 38193 |
Andrew Fisher Memorial Cairn, Lindsay Park, Annandale Gardens, Crosshouse, East Ayrshire |
Crosshouse
NS 39323 38397
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 Andrew 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 |
Memorial Cairn to east side of B7521, just north of Kilmarnock Road, Crosshouse, East Ayrshire |
Crosshouse
NS 39619 38199 |
Andrew Fisher Library, Annandale Gardens, south of B7081, Crosshouse, By Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire |
Cumnock, Glaisknock Shopping Centre
NS 5695 2012 |
Glaisknock Centre Memorial Formerly in original Glaisknock Shopping Centre, Cumnock, East Ayrshire (Building Demolished) |
Cumnock Town Hall
NS 56957 19942 |
Statue of Keir Hardie, Cumnock Town Hall, Glaisknock Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire |
Cumnock
NS 56755 20173 |
Keir Hardy Room, The Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire |
| Dalmellington, Benwhat village |
Site 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 - Dalmellington Community Council presented a Miners Hutch and Bench to the Parish |
Dalmellington Mining Villages
NS 46735 06595 |
Standing Stones to 7 mining villages in Doon Valley (1999), off A713 north of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire |
Drongan Memorial
NS 44568 18408 |
Drongan Memorial, East Ayrshire |
Galston
NS 50096 36390 |
Galston and Loudoun Parishes - Barr Street, Galston, East Ayrshire |
Glenbuck
NS 74909 29507 |
Glenbuck Heritage Village, East Ayrshire |
Kames Disaster NS 69658 27773
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19 Nov 1957 - Bench in New Muirkirk, New Cemetery, Glasgow Road, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire |
| Keir Hardie |
Statue of Keir Hardie, Cumnock Town Hall, Glaisknock Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire |
Keir Hardie NS 56755 20173 |
Keir Hardy Room, The Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire |
Knockshinnoch Disaster NS 61283 12319
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 7 Sep 1950 - Knockshinnoch Disaster, Knockshinnoch Colliery site, New Cumnock, East Ayrshire |
Muirkirk
NS 69561 27242 |
Stone, Main Street, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire (north side Main Street 100 yds west of Glasgow Road) |
Muirkirk NS 69602 27289 |
Muirkirk Heritage Park, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire (Main Street at Glasgow Road) |
Muirkirk (Smallburn) NS 68498 26553 |
Smalburn Heritage Park near Muirkirk, East Ayrshire |
New Cumnock
NS 61831 13721 |
New Cumnock, East Ayrshire (East of The Castle or New Cumnock Main Street, behind bus stop lay by) |
Ochiltree
NS 50591 21103 |
Ochiltree New Memorial, Main Street, Ochiltree, East Ayrshire |
Patna - The Heritage of Patna NS 41598 10306 |
William Fullerton Memorial Plaque. Patna Primary Schools Campus, Whitehill Avenue, Patna, East Ayrshire |
| Skares |
Skares, on B7046 south west of Cumnock, East Ayrshire |
East Dunbartonshire
| Cadder Disaster 6 Aug 1913 |
Cadder Cemetry, corner of A803 and Crosshill Road, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire |
| Cadder Disaster 6 Aug 1913 |
Centenary Memorial, Bishopbriggs Library, Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire |
| Miners Of The World Memorial NS 60889 69597 |
Crowhill Road, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire |
East Lothian
East Lothian Mines on Pencaitland Railway Walk Carberry to West Saltoun, East Lothian National Grid Reference From NT 36987 68904 to NT 43990 68440 |
Memorials to:-
Oxenford Pit Bellyford Pit
Limeyands Pit Meadow Pit
Elphinstone (Bog, Howden, Fleets Pits) Ormiston Station Pit
Woodhall Pit, Huntlaw Pit |
Prestongrange Colliery Families at Prestonpans
NT 38050 74152 |
On the south side of Prestonpans High Street (B1348) just east of junction with Prestongrange Road |
Prestonpans Industries
NT 38764 74631 |
High Street, Prestonpans, East Lothian |
Prestonpans Mining
NT 39702 73979 |
Triangular area junction of Schaw Road and Bankton Terrace (B1361), Prestonpans, East Lothian |
| Prestonpans Mural on Sea Wall |
This mural is on a sea wall at the eastern end of the car park directly north of the High Street |
| Tranent |
Tranent, (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 |
| Wallyford |
Salters’ Road, Wallyford, East Lothian |
Edinburgh
| Fort Kinnaird |
Fort 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. |
Gilmerton
NT 29482 68679 |
Gilmerton is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles southeast of the city centre. The "tombstone" at Gilmerton Crossroads |
Newcraighall
NT 31962 71857 |
Main Street, Newcraighall, Edinburgh |
| Scottish Parliament |
Miners Call for National Memorial at Scottish Parliament - ITV Report |
Falkirk
Bo’ness Mines and Miners
NS 99723 81677 |
Corner of Union Street and Seaview Place, Bo’ness, Falkirk |
Bo’ness, St Catharine's Episcopal Church
NS 99939 81093 |
Bo’ness Industries Window, St. Catharine’s Episcopal Church, Cadzow Crescent, Bo’ness, Falkirk |
Bo’ness
NS 99953 81874 |
Bo’ness Kinneil – Valleyfield Collieries Linkup Memorial, Old Harbour, Bo’ness, Falkirk |
Redding Disaster |
25 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 |
| Standburn (Muiravonside and Redford Collieries) |
Muiravonside & Redford Collieries Standburn (B825) between Avonbridge and A801, Falkirk |
Fife
Balgonie Colliery and Estate
NT 30239 99729 |
Balgonie Colliery and Estate, Victoria Hall, Main Street, Coaltown of Balgonie, Fife |
Benarty Ballingray, Fife
NT 18040 97828 |
Benarty Miners Memorial Garden Ballingray, Fife (East of B920 opposite junction with Hill Road) |
Blairhall
NT 00532 89758 |
Memorial garden at Rintoul Avenue, Blairhall, Fife |
Bowhill Miner’s Strike 1984 - 85
NT 21584 95504 |
Plaque in Bowhill Community Centre, Station Road, Bowhill, Fife. |
Bowhill Cemetery,Cardenden
NT 21558 95814
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31 Oct 1931, Bowhill Disaster, Bowhill Cemetery, Cardenden, Fife |
Cardenden
NT 21217 95775 |
Cardenden Hutch and Wheel Bowhill View, Cardenden, Fife |
Cardenden
NT 21217 95775 |
(Jamphlars) Plaque 1 at Hutch and Wheel, Bowhill View, Cardenden, Fife |
Cardenden
NT 21217 95775 |
Plaque 2 at Hutch and Wheel, Bowhill, Cardenden, Fife |
Coaltown of Wymess NT 32539 95955 |
Main Street (A955) at its junction with Lochhead Pit Road.
The memorial at Coaltown of Wemyss is no longer there. Ceramic plaques have been removed and the wall painted over. |
Comrie
NT 02029 89412 |
Mural on The White Gates public house beside A907, at eastern end of Comrie, Perth and Kinross |
| Crossgates Community Garden |
Crossgates Community Garden |
Cowdenbeath
NT 16824 91085
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Donnibristle Disaster, Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife (west of road into Cowdenbeath from A92) |
Cowdenbeath
NT 16573 91505
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Mining Boy Mural High Street Cowdenbeath, (A909) west of pedestrian crossing by junction with Broad Street, Fife |
Cowdenbeath
NT 16573 91505
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Cowdenbeath Centenary Memorial. It is just across the footpath from the Mining Boy Mural, Fife. |
Donibristle Disaster NT 16824 91085
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26 Aug 1901 - Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife (west of road into Cowdenbeath from A92) |
Dysart Frances 'A' Frame
NT 30987 93885 |
Dysart Francis 'A' Frame. Off and to the south of A955 east of Dysart |
Dysart Frances Colliery
NT 30770 93708 |
On Coastal Path at Edington Place, Dysart, Fife |
Glencraig
NT 17878 95544 |
Glencraig Colliery. On east side of B920 at access to Inchgall Farm north of Lochgelly, Fife |
Glencraig Village
NT 18000 95220 |
In memory of the lives lost - On east side of B920 north of Lochgelly |
Glenrothes
NO 27239 00984 |
Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes, Fife |
Glenrothes Underpass
NO 26658 02219 |
Underpass beneath B969 North of Lodge Rise, Glenrothes has cast concrete features but not obviously mining related. |
High Valleyfield Disaster
NS 99924 86519 |
High 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 |
28 May 1887 - Valleyfield Avenue, High Valleyfield, Dunfermline |
High Valleyfield Disaster, Fife
NT 00462 86843 |
28 May 1887 - Plaque in Valleyfield Social Club, Kinloss Court, Memorial Garden, St Serfs RC Primary School, Preston Street, High Valleyfield, Fife |
High Valleyfield, Amended Memorial
NT 0050 86511 |
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.] |
High Valleyfield Disaster - Plaque and Pictures in Local Club
NT 00462 86843 |
Plaque and Pictures in Local Club |
Holytown
NS 76158 60531 |
Keir Hardie Sports Centre, Main Street, Holytown, North Lanarkshire |
Kincardine Miners Strike 1984 - 1985
NS 93083 87466 |
Memorial to the Miners' strike of 1984-1985 which is now in the window of the Kincardine Library, Keith Street, Kincardine, Fife. |
Kelty Miners
NT 14254 94582 |
Kelty Miners. Outside new Kelty Library, 80 – 82 Main Street, Kelty, Fife |
Kelty
NT 14911 94378 |
Lindsay Disaster Junction of Station Road and A909, Kelty, Fife |
| Kinglassie |
Kinglassie. Entry Feature to what was a Mining Museum in Kinglassie, Fife |
| Kinglassie |
Kinglassie. Entry Feature to what was a Mining Museum in Kinglassie, Fife |
Kingseat
NT 12554 90345 |
At junction of Main Street (B912) and Church Street, Kingseat, Fife |
Kinnedar NT 02738 90935 |
Kinnedar Disaster - 1895, Fifeshire. Main Collieries, Limited, near Dunfermline, in Fifeshire |
| Kinneil - Valleyfield Link Up |
The path under the arch has 13 slabs, each with a bit of a sentence |
| Lady Blanch Pit |
Currently in Dysart Town Hall. Permanent site proposed at Howard Place, Rectory Lane, Dysart |
Lindsay Disaster NT 14911 94378 |
14 Dec 1957 - Junction of Station Road and A909, Kelty, Fife |
Lochgelly
NT 186 93401 |
Lochgelly Square, Lochgelly, Fife |
Lochore (Mary Pit)
NT 17970 96596 |
(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 |
Wheel at entrance and in park, Lochore Meadows, Lochore, Ballingary, Fife |
Lochore, Mary Pit
NT 17033 96487 |
Mary Pit Memorial, Lochore Meadows, Lochore, Fife |
Lochore
NT 17091 96106 |
Miners’ Strike 1984 – 85 Lochore Meadows, Lochore, Fife |
Michael Disaster
NT 33589 96567
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 9 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. |
Miner’s Strike 1984 - 85
NT 21584 95504 |
Plaque in Bowhill Community Centre, Station Road, Bowhill, Fife |
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital
NT 36329 98705 |
Dedicated to an owner of a major coal company (Wemyss Coal Company) |
Seafield Colliery NT 27695 89512 |
Seafield Colliery, Bowhouse Drive, Kirkcaldy, Fife |
Seafield Disaster
10 May 1973 |
CISWO Club, Kingdom Way, Glenrothes, Fife |
| Townhill |
Mining Heritage Garden, Townhill, near Dunfermline, Fife |
Valleyfield
NT 00977 6475 |
Valleyfield Colliery near Mine Site, near junction with B9037, Low Valleyfield by Newmills, Fife |
| Valleyfield Disaster |
Valleyfield Avenue, High Valleyfield - 28.Oct.1939 |
| Valleyfield Disaster |
Plaque in Valleyfield Club, Kinloss Court, High Valleyfield, Fife - 28.Oct.1939 |
| Valleyfield Disaster |
Memorial Garden, St Serfs RC Primary School, Preston Street, High Valleyfield, Fife - 28.Oct.1939 |
| Valleyfield |
Valleyfield Mine Site, Newmills, Fife (South of B9037, just west of Newmills) |
| Amended Memorial at High Valleyfield, Fife |
Photos of the Amended Memorial at High Valleyfield, Fife |
| West Wemyss - Sea Mine |
West Wemyss, 5 Miners Killed by a Sea Mine During WWII |
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