1/2 #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum have just uploaded a new route West to East #Wemyss #Fife. Design and research began before Covid by Tam and Davie at the Museum and former volunteer Kerry it is finally finished 🙂 and ready for exploring…..

All prepped and ready for #DoorsOpen 27/28 Sept at the Wellhouse #BridgeofAllan lights down Airthrey Copper Mine/Mineral Spa shaft, mirror in position, space all cleared revealing secrets of the wall and route planned for the walk. For times/details see www.mining-landscapes.org/news

Volunteer Steve at Webster & Horsfall private collection/archive #BirminghamHeritageWeek showcasing 300 years of history including (with partners Latch & Batchelor) the invention of locked coiled steel rope that allegedly revolutionised deep mining #MiningHistory #AllMetalMonday

Catherine has spent the last couple of Saturday afternoons hiding from the rain in the wonderful #WestWemyss Mining Museum #Fife working with Tam on completing the West to #EastWemyss walk. For more about the museum follow the thread…. #MiningHeritage #MiningHistory

Big drum roll the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum have created their 1st listicle 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog showcasing Scotland’s extant pit head baths. We have identified 17 a good number but suspect there are more out there that we have missed just let us know

Rusting British Coal sign for #FerrousFriday lurking amongst the vegetation at the former Michael Colliery site, #EastWemys #Fife #Coal Coast #miningheritage

Out exploring a new #Falkirk route that links Bantaskine, Policy + Redding pits via the Union #Canal + the stunning tunnel with former Coal App volunteer James and his wee one who refused to walk and then attracted the wrath of aggressive swans we didn’t get far #miningheritage

Marking the end of the River #Ayr Way, at the harbour is ‘Gateway’, created by artist Donald Urquhart in #coal resin sourced from #Glenbuck the start of the walk #MiningLandscape #publicart

A puzzle for #AllMetalMonday Lel’s Light which sits at the top of the footpath from Back Dykes to the Play Park #EastWemyss #Fife which will feature on the West to East Wemyss Walk. Why? Always been there? Meanings and who looks after it? Pic from 2022 currently looking a tad battered.

Interested in #MiningHeritage, good with numbers and got a little bit of free time on your hands The Friends of the National Mining Museum Scotland are looking for a new Treasurer. For more info and how to apply nip to 👇 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/volunte...

It’s that #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum have published Coal Vaults for July/Aug our regular project news roundup. To find out what has been happening see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coal-va... #MiningHeritage

A very long rusty drill bit for #FerrousFriday pictured from the roof garden #Birmingham Library from Catherine’s last visit back in August.

Aileen + Catherine met with George (#Fife Mining Heritage) to map a new #Seafield Colliery route. Heavy rain forced us to work in Morrisons Cafe! Managed to get lots done and to eventually get outdoors briefly, largely looking at walls inc the old harbour and route of rope walk.

1/2 #MiningLandscapes and @scottishgeology are joining with the #BridgeofAllan Wellhouse Restoration team for #DoorsOpen 27/28 Sept hear about the history/restoration, peer down the shaft and get a glimpse into the ground beneath your feet for details and times follow thread…

‘Pylon pedicure’ for #AllMetalMonday 275 kV Forth crossing. Essential concrete repair works at the tower base for pylon XD130 #Kincardine

Volunteering Opportunity: The Friends of the National Mining Museum Scotland are looking for a new treasurer. For full details and how to apply nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #volunteeringopportunity #miningheritage

2/2 To read their heartwarming story see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog

1/2 The project team have been sitting on exciting news their mascot Ratticus one of only two known surviving coal rats (Rattus Carbonicus) following the decline of the industry has, after many years of searching, finally found Carbonara his long lost pal…

Featured the former SSEB #coal pier serving the #Kincardine Power Station for #FerrousFriday. This Friday it’s the turn of the old gates.

Aileen and Catherine met Kate, Katherine and Cathy at #Prestongrange Museum #EastLothian exploring potential collaboration, great visit glorious weather and productive discussions. Too much to feature in a single post so a brief snapshot of the site #miningheritage #brickheritage #railwayheritage

After the Dalquhany route mapping Aileen and Catherine manned a stall at the ‘Meet the Funders and Partners that Serve the Community’ held in the stunning historic Miners’ Welfare Hall #Coalburn #Lanarkshire long but fun and productive day #Coal #MiningHeritage

Busy week for the project out with Donald finalising the #Coalburn 2 route #Lanarkshire that tells the story of the landscape lost to opencast coaling at Dalquhandy 1988-2004 once the largest site in Europe now remediated and redeveloped as a warm farm #coal #mininglandscape

A puzzle for #AlllMetalMonday spotted lurking a field as we walked from the train to #Prestongrange #EastLothian Any ideas please?

Running the gauntlet of bovine security more pics of Polquhairn Colliery, #Drongan East Ayrshire #coal #mininglandscapes

Added another colliery #bathhouse to Scotland’s definitive list (up to 17 now) Polquhairn Colliery 1 & 4 #Drongan #Ayrshire completed 1949 served around 300 workers. Colliery closed early 60s. Buildings extant but guarded by robust bovine security #coal #miningheritage #mininglandscapes

Staying #coal related and the Grade II listed #Earlswood engine house #Solihull #WestMids built in 1821. Pumped water from three reservoirs to the Stratford Canal #industrialarchaeology #canalheritage

Abandoned coal for #limestone wandering the Benthall Edge Lime Trail #Ironbridge Gorge #Shrophire See 👉 www.severngorge.org.uk/wp-content/u... kilns, remains of storage hopers, railway infrastructure and quarries

Site of the former Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (ca. 1830 - 1977) #Stoke one of the most comprehensive surviving sites in England viewed from the bing see chatterleywhitfieldfriends.org.uk (yep our Catherine is back south for a few days) #coal #miningheritage #mininghistory

#MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum have added a new blog to their collection featuring coal master James Ferguson, the first blog to accompany a walking route 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog researched and written by Bill who volunteers at the National Mining Museum archives #MiningHistory #Lanarkshire

2/2 The 4.5 mile circular explores the industrial and early coal mining history of the village and the Lower Nethan Gorge and introduces James Ferguson coal master, entrepreneur and philanthropist. To view/download the route see 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/route/94

1/2 The first of two #Crossford #Lanarkshire walks designed and created by local resident Margaret and National Mining Museum Scotland volunteer Bill is now live and ready for walking just in time for the weekend. #Coal #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage #localwalking

Staying with pit head baths and the creation of Scotland’s definitive list of surviving buildings Auldton Pit 2 #Lesmahagow #Lanarkshire served three drift mines sunk between 1941 and 1954. Visible from the M74 #Coal #MiningHeritage #MiningLandscape

Back at the National Mining Museum Scotland and the small pop up exhibition space located at the bottom of the stairs to the galleries ‘Coal Seam to Squeaky Clean’ #MiningHistory #MiningHeritage #Pitheadbaths

Excellent news for #Clackmannanshire see👇 #MiningHeritage #MiningHistory

Aileen, Catherine and Hayley were up at National Mining Museum Scotland for a Collections Trust Meeting and took opportunity to view the exhibition From ‘Pitch to Pitch A Story of Coal Seams and Sporting Dreams’. Well worth a visit it’s on till 30/10 👉 nationalminingmuseum.com/whatson/from...

The Five Bings Exhibition is finally down, will miss the peaceful blue vibe on the way into and home from work. The accompanying video is still up on YouTube see 👉 www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt... #MiningLandscapes

Kinneil foreshore and island made from colliery waste on the site of the bing and lagoons now public open space and local nature reserve #Coal #MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage

Sad and surprised to see the last surviving piece of Kinneil Colliery (1890-1983) infrastructure gone down at the foreshore #Boness picked up nothing in the press or on social media about its demise #Coal #MiningHeritage

We kind of guessed that the lumps of #pottery often with a intriguing thumb and forefinger print that litter Bo’ness foreshore (West Lothian) held a utensil now thanks to former project volunteer Kerry we now know what - firing cup/jug handles #industrialheritage

Section of the Clyde Railway Viaduct for #AlllMetalMonday originally constructed 1849 with a second span added 1878 to meet the increased volume of traffic and a footway in 1910 to allow the men access to Blantyreferme Colliery Pits 1 & 2 #RailwayHeritage #MiningHeritage

Want to know who keeps #MiningLandscapes Breaking Barriers project team on the proverbial straight and narrow. Nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog to meet the new Advisory Board. #Coal #MiningHeritage

Bimbles on former colliery sites are great for letting the imagination roam free and for finding unexplained #junk. Half of a dinosaur egg and tree bark both from the concrete era. #mininglandscapes

Remnants of the pit head wall Wemyss Colliery Pit 7 (Victoria) 1824 to 1915 when it served as ventilation and escape for Lochhead. The mine allegedly had the first pit head baths with wooden tubs served by water from the boiler. #MiningHeritage West Wemyss #Fife #Coal Coast.

Adjacent to the bath house at the former site of Bothwell Castle Colliery (1889 to 1959) Pits 3 & 4 bath house at #Blantyre South #Lanarkshire is the re profiled bing, repurposed as public open space #Coal #MiningHeritage #industriallandscape

COALSCAPES EVENT AT STONEYBURN IS CANCELLED ☹️ Apologies unfortunately Mining Landscapes’s free family Coalscapes event at Stoneyburn this Wed 6th Aug has been cancelled due to Storm Floris. We will need to reassess site safety in terms of any storm damage on the wooded bing and rearrange a new date.

Another surviving #bathhouse for #MiningLandscapes’ definitive Scottish list. The Priory Colliery (Bothwell Castle 3 &4) #Blantyre, South #Lanarkshire built in 1932 in art deco style by William Baird & Co funded by the Miners Welfare under dark skies. #Coal #MiningHeritage

Still tickets left for the next event in #MiningLandscapes summer series of free family fun exploring #ecology #geology and #industriallandscape with associated art activities at Fulshie Bing, #Stonyburn West Lothian 11 am Wed 06/08/25 For more info and booking see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news

Yvonne and her pug shed art station and Katie and Matt @bsbibotany.bsky.social and Katie doing their stuff at the former Comrie Colliery #Fife Coalscapes event under glorious skies last Wednesday #MiningLandscapes #ecology #geology #rewilding

Although #coal mostly arrived at #Kincardine Power Station by rail it could be transported via the River Forth. The old SSEB pier for #FerrousFriday #industrialheritage

Last chance to view #MiningLandscapes free Five Bings Exhibition co-created by Coalscapes participants from across the summer of 2024 and our project artist Yvonne YWL Studios. It’s at Gallery 4 Pathfoot Building Stirling bit more info www.mining-landscapes.org/news/the-fiv... #Coal #MiningHeritage