Catherine is south of the border (expect English Midlands pics) but before she left she helped Yvonne our project artist hang a ‘mini version’ of the 5 Bings exhibition at the Coalfields Regeneration Trust HQ in Kincardine its a working space - we will post visiting times shortly

One for #AllMetalMonday bimbling east of #Kincardine its always a nice surprise to see the old sign still standing at the entrance to the former #Longannet power station site #Industrialheritage

Nice to see the weighbridge and shelter have survived at the site of Cherryton #brickworks, #Clackmannan #industrialheritage

One for #FerrousFriday Craigend Brickworks Maddison #Falkirk

1/2 Big news this morning we have been working with TreeLink #Stirling to support their ‘Crown of Trees’ Project by providing a digital platform for their series of 6 wooded walks around the city which have just gone live. For project info and routes 👉 www.treelinkstirling.org/crownoftrees

Project news: Getting ready to ‘man a stand’ in the #Armadale Partnership Centre #WestLothian If you missed the session and fancy creating a digital walking route telling the story of local coal, brick and steel through the surviving landscape legacies just message us #industrialheritage

From bing to brick the adjacent Cherryton Brickworks at Tullygarth #Clackmannan. Opened in the mid 1930s into voluntary liquidation in ‘77 bought by the Minto Brick Company and operated until 1980. Served by the Alloa to Dunfermline railway now a footpath/cycle way #brickhistory

Starting the new week with a #mininglandscape the ‘nibbled’ bing at the former Tullygarth Colliery #Clackmannan under gloomy skies #MiningHeritage #industriallandscape

Looking for info about the Kinneddar Colliery #Memorial please Located on the reclaimed Blair House Opencast dedicated to the loss of 9 lives in May 1885 following a fire in the Jersey Seam and to all West #Fife Miners. Who campaigned, who funded, who designed and created? Thanks #MiningHeritage

If you are over in #Fife in the next few days there is still time to see Paul McGinty’s stunning representation of the #miningindustry across the Kingdom.

Recent FaceBook chat about #CoaltownofBalgonie #Fife prompted a search for pics from a visit back in the summer 2024 but never posted. The #bing under sunny skies serving the Julian Pit sunk to depth of 82 fathoms to the Dysart Main in 1883 closed in 1960 #Coal #MiningLandscapes

Catherine spent a lovely afternoon chatting to Janie who grew up in the colliery cottages adjacent to the Lady Helen Colliery and Fiona her niece. Their stories will bring the 3rd #Cardenden walk #Dundonald #Fife to life. The route is currently in development #MiningLandscapes

Live in and around #Armadale #WestLothian and fancy creating a digital walking route telling the story of local #coalmining through the surviving landscape legacies? Pop in to the open drop in session on Thursday👇

Project mascots Ratticus and Carbonara are a tad perturbed a recent find (ca. 18C) from the Airthery Copper Mine dig suggests that Rattus Carbonicus (Coal Rat) was either not native to Fife and coal or they roamed much further than previously thought. Investigations underway….

A new blog added to the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection ‘The row, the pigeon and the aftermath’ another witty tale from our project advisory board member and former miner Iain Chalmers 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog #Fife #Coal #MiningHistory

#FerrousFriday the stunning patterns, textures and colours of an abandoned rusting lime tank at the former opencast coaling site Westfield #Fife #MiningLandscapes

New route added to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s Collection ‘Fence Mines, Miners’ Rows and a Viaduct’ created by Ruth Thomas and Peter Tucker, Lesmahagow Parish Historical Association. A 4m circular starting in #Blackwood South #Lanarkshire. To access route see www.mining-landscapes.org/route/139

It was back again to #Auchinleck last Wednesday to celebrate the re-opening of East #Ayrshire ‘Lost Villages’ Exhibition which will be permanently displayed at the Boswell Centre #MiningHeritage #MiningLandscapes

Past Saturday week (way behind posting) we were out at the Boswell Centre #Auchinleck delivering a #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum Community Ambassador workshop ‘Kickstart your Landscape Journey’ using historic mapping followed by a session from Aileen, routes as reminisce tools.

Want to get involved in the creation of a new #MiningLandscape walk in #Armadale? We have an open drop in session in the Library/Community Centre, North St. Thursday 19th Feb between 1 and 2pm.  Message for more info and see www.mining-landscapes.org

Only two more sleeps before Ben Saunders @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social introduces Maritime Mapping around the Firth of Forth. Book your free ticket here👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MaritimeHeritage #Coal #MiningHeritage

From pit baths to surviving Scottish pumping and winding #enginehouses. We are currently compiling the definitive list. Remarkably up to 17. Today featuring Kilmux Colliery #Kennoway #Fife built 1838 housed a 47hp engine. Pit closed in the 1880s scheduled 1998. #MiningHeritage

New addition to #MiningLandscapes list of surviving pithead baths see www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/survivi... up to 20 (2 pending site visits) now with the Oxenford Colliery, #Ormiston #EastLothian Thanks to Ian Suddaby for entry and pics #MiningHeritage @c20society.bsky.social

2/2 …for more info and application nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/fancy-j...

1/2 Closing date fast approaching noon on Frid 6th only 2 sleeps to go if you fancy joining the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum team p/t (60 days) for 6 months supporting delivery of a summer series of intergenerational events suit a student/recent graduate…

Only a week to go if you want more maritime coal heritage book a ticket for our free webinar Tuesday 19th Feb 1.30pm see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news

St David’s Harbour, Dalgety Bay, built in the 1750s to serve the Fordell #coal mines #Fife #MiningHeritage #MaritimeHeritage

Coal tides #MiningLandscapes

Redds the waste material mined with coal living up to its name #MiningLandscapes

WE ARE RECRUITING: fancy joining the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum team p/t (60 days) for 6 months across the summer supporting delivery of a series of intergenerational events suit a student/recent graduate. For info and application nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news/fancy-j...

2/2 … and the newly formed heritage group with special thanks to Craig, Chris, John, Mari, and PhD student Marina See mining-landscapes.org/route/118 #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage www.mining-landscapes.org/route/118

1/2 A new fully accessible route added to the @HeritageFundSCO @StirUni #Ecomuseum #MiningLandscape exploring the site of the former Barony Colliery and the iconic A frame #Auchinleck East #Ayrshire spearheaded by the Community Development Initiative …

You always get the random and the little bits of weird roaming #derelictland. Sorting through last years pics revealed a fingers theme for 2025 #MiningLandscapes

Not the most inspiring pic (although it does depict the former Devon Colliery bing) its the beta version of landing page of the #Ecomuseum’s new Breaking Barriers project route creation wizard that enables and supports independent creation/upload of new digital walking route #MiningHeritage

Want more maritime coal heritage book a ticket for our free webinar Tuesday 19th Feb 1.30pm see www.mining-landscapes.org/news

The surviving Bridgeness colliery #coal staithe at low tide Bo’ness foreshore #MiningHeritage #MartimeHeritage

One for the #brick collectors/historians a new blog Collecting ‘Scottish Heavy Ceramics’ a contribution by Ian Suddaby just uploaded #MiningLandscapes #EcoMuseum’s collection see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog #industrialheritage #architecturalheritage

Project mascots Carbonara and Ratticus were rather taken with the print of ‘Mice Attack’ something they would never do back in the day when they were down the pit

Over to the National Mining Museum Scotland for a Collections Trust Board managed to grab 5 mins to see the selection of Kevin Thompson’s paintings from the ‘Past is gone but it is not lost’. #MiningHeritage

Another free webinar 10th Feb 1.30 join #MiningLandscapes to hear Ben Saunders marine archaeologist @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social and project coordinator chat about mapping the #marineheritage of the Firth of the #Forth. More info and to book a place nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news

WE ARE RECRUITING: fancy joining the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum team p/t (60 days) for 6 months across the summer supporting delivery of a series of intergenerational events suit a student/recent graduate. For info and application nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news/fancy-j... #MiningHeritage

Chalybeate spring, south of Coal Farm, #StMonans #Fife #MiningLandscapes

We have just uploaded Coal Vaults (Nov -Dec) our regular round up of project news to the #MiningLandscapes’ collections see 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/news #Coal #MiningHistory #MiningHeritage

Little traces of the industry #MiningHeritage

Big drum roll 1st route of ‘26 added to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection #Crossford 2: Swinsy Hill Lanarkshire created by local resident Margaret and NMMS volunteer Bill A 5.5 km circular exploring #coal #miningheritage east of the Clyde see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/route/93

And Aileen’s #HeritageTreasure is the Devon Colliery Beam Engine House which you can discover on the Devonside Landscape Journey www.mining-landscapes.org/route/1 in the Eco-Museum of Scottish Mining Landscapes and also features on one of our blogs www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/the-dev...

It’s #HeritageTreasures day our Catherine’s choice is 10 mins from campus the #BridgeofAllan Well House and 120’ stone lined shaft that features on our curated tour ‘Airthrey Copper Mine Surface Walk’ www.mining-landscapes.org/route/40 @heritagefunduk.bsky.social #MiningHistory

It’s Heritage Treasures Day. My #HeritageTreasure is CR Stanley’s spectacular 1850s painting of Gartsherrie Iron Works in Coatbridge It’s part of the @mininglandscapes.bsky.social Summerlee West Circular tour www.mining-landscapes.org/route/117 @heritagefunduk.bsky.social @nlheritage.bsky.social

The site of the former Woodhall #Coal Mine #Braidwood South #Lanarkshire Short lived drift mine (2 adits) operated under #NCB licence from early 1950s to late 1960s #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage

Still time to book a ticket