Prestongrange Museum

Coal Mine & Brickworks in Scotland, dating from the Post-Medieval

A former colliery and brickworks site in East Lothian, Scotland, with 800 years of industrial history. Features a Cornish beam engine (1874), one of the finest surviving examples in Scotland, and Hoffman kiln used for brick-making. Coal was mined here from the 12th century until 1962.

Type:
Coal Mine & Brickworks

Period:
Post-Medieval

Coordinates:
55.95°N, 2.97°W

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