What is recorded here
During the Battle of Prestonpans fought on 21st September 1745 Colonel Gardiner of Bankton was fatally wounded beneath a hawthorn tree in this area
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- Euan Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- James Denham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Barbara Carr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Renata Edge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons
Battle of Prestonpans Memorial CairnMemorial · 272 yd
MeadowmillEnclosure (prehistoric) · 277 yd
Tranet, Cockenzie Waggon Way, Gardener's BridgeBridge (post Medieval) · 335 yd
PrestonpansLinear Feature(s), Pit(s), Unidentified Object(s) (metal)(post Medieval) · 646 yd
Cockenzie Coal StoreCoal Store (20th Century) · 675 yd
BanktonEnclosure (possible), Field Boundary (possible) · 679 yd
Seton West MainsEnclosure (possible) · 768 yd
Battle of PrestonpansMajor battlefield · 861 yd
Preston TowerTower House (medieval) · 1076 yd
Mapped graveyardGraveyard · 1327 yd
Cpl S (John) Shaw vc MemorialMemorial · 1372 yd
Pennypit ParkPark · 1645 ydExplorer Tom Pennypit Park in Prestonpans has a name that sounds like an invitation to search the grass for lost change, but the…
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