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
#Coal #MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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
#Coal #MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage
December 23, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Our #Walkoftheweek featuring another of our original walks the #Bothkennar Route #Falkirk. A 6k circular created by former MSc student and local resident Ian MacIntosh exploring the #mininglandscape of the former Grangemouth Colliery Co. (1841-1911). See www.mining-landscapes.org/route/18
September 24, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Our #Walkoftheweek featuring another of our original walks the #Bothkennar Route #Falkirk. A 6k circular created by former MSc student and local resident Ian MacIntosh exploring the #mininglandscape of the former Grangemouth Colliery Co. (1841-1911). See www.mining-landscapes.org/route/18
In 2021 walkers were able to experience the #mininglandscape through a different lens artist Audrey Grant installed a series of temporary installations ‘Inscriptions in Arcadia’ commissioned by Forth Valley Art Beat
now long gone but photographed so you can still view all of the images on the route.
now long gone but photographed so you can still view all of the images on the route.
September 24, 2026 at 9:23 AM
In 2021 walkers were able to experience the #mininglandscape through a different lens artist Audrey Grant installed a series of temporary installations ‘Inscriptions in Arcadia’ commissioned by Forth Valley Art Beat
now long gone but photographed so you can still view all of the images on the route.
now long gone but photographed so you can still view all of the images on the route.
Thoresby Vale Country Park, #Edwinstowe, #Nottinghamshire site of the former Thoresby Colliery 1925 to 2015 (Catherine is holidaying down in the English Midlands)
#MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage
#MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage
July 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thoresby Vale Country Park, #Edwinstowe, #Nottinghamshire site of the former Thoresby Colliery 1925 to 2015 (Catherine is holidaying down in the English Midlands)
#MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage
#MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage
The shallow void at the former Westfield opencast coaling site between #Kinglassie and #Ballingry #Fife for today’s #MiningLandscape
September 8, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The shallow void at the former Westfield opencast coaling site between #Kinglassie and #Ballingry #Fife for today’s #MiningLandscape
One from back in August, the small void at the former Westfield opencast coaling site #Fife #Coal #MiningLandscape
December 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM
One from back in August, the small void at the former Westfield opencast coaling site #Fife #Coal #MiningLandscape
The pit wheel memorial #Motherwell North #Lanarkshire looking in need of a fair bit of TLC #AllMetalMonday
#MiningLandscape #MiningMemorial #Coal
#MiningLandscape #MiningMemorial #Coal
June 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The pit wheel memorial #Motherwell North #Lanarkshire looking in need of a fair bit of TLC #AllMetalMonday
#MiningLandscape #MiningMemorial #Coal
#MiningLandscape #MiningMemorial #Coal
In keeping with our rainy weather ‘rainbow puddles’ a common feature of #mininglandscape and postindustrial dereliction
July 30, 2026 at 6:52 AM
In keeping with our rainy weather ‘rainbow puddles’ a common feature of #mininglandscape and postindustrial dereliction
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
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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
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
August 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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
Kickstarting the new year with a #MiningLandscape. An Xmas tradition for Catherine when she is south of the border it’s either walk to Cobb’s Engine House, Rowley Regis in the #BlackCountry if it’s dry, or up and down the 1.7 miles of #Netherton #canal tunnel if it’s wet. 2025 was dry.
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Kickstarting the new year with a #MiningLandscape. An Xmas tradition for Catherine when she is south of the border it’s either walk to Cobb’s Engine House, Rowley Regis in the #BlackCountry if it’s dry, or up and down the 1.7 miles of #Netherton #canal tunnel if it’s wet. 2025 was dry.
A #MiningLandscape for today’s post. The former Orchard pit bing #Crossford South #Lanarkshire. The short lived venture operated from 1883 to1887 #Coal #MiningHeritage
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A #MiningLandscape for today’s post. The former Orchard pit bing #Crossford South #Lanarkshire. The short lived venture operated from 1883 to1887 #Coal #MiningHeritage
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
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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
Birches and more birches with glimpses of the subsidence pools (a childhood terror for our Catherine) the former #MiningLandscape Pooley Country Park #Polesworth #Warwickshire #Coal #MiningHeritage
March 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Birches and more birches with glimpses of the subsidence pools (a childhood terror for our Catherine) the former #MiningLandscape Pooley Country Park #Polesworth #Warwickshire #Coal #MiningHeritage
Carbonara has settled back into her native #Fife and begun her #mininglandscape mascot duties heading off with Ratticus to inspect the recent sink hole in #Kincardine allegedly caused by their burrowing brown norvegicus cousins
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
October 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Carbonara has settled back into her native #Fife and begun her #mininglandscape mascot duties heading off with Ratticus to inspect the recent sink hole in #Kincardine allegedly caused by their burrowing brown norvegicus cousins
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
Time for a #MiningLandscape: The site of the former Lady Helen pit #Dundonald Colliery bing #Fife removed and land restored to pasture in the mid 1970s
June 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Time for a #MiningLandscape: The site of the former Lady Helen pit #Dundonald Colliery bing #Fife removed and land restored to pasture in the mid 1970s
Starting the new week with a #mininglandscape the ‘nibbled’ bing at the former Tullygarth Colliery #Clackmannan under gloomy skies #MiningHeritage #industriallandscape
February 23, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Starting the new week with a #mininglandscape the ‘nibbled’ bing at the former Tullygarth Colliery #Clackmannan under gloomy skies #MiningHeritage #industriallandscape
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
September 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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
#MiningLandscape Journey news this morning, the short cut on the #Crossford to Tillitudlem Route, South #Lanarkshire see www.mining-landscapes.org/route/94 has been cut back and is now passable. A stunning beech hedged path that takes you off the road and reduces your return journey by 0.5K
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#MiningLandscape Journey news this morning, the short cut on the #Crossford to Tillitudlem Route, South #Lanarkshire see www.mining-landscapes.org/route/94 has been cut back and is now passable. A stunning beech hedged path that takes you off the road and reduces your return journey by 0.5K
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 …
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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 …
New route added to #MiningLandscape #Ecomuseum’s collection, a short circular exploring the planned industrial village, the site of the Lady Lillian (Lochhead), Duncan, Albert and Hugo pits and the associated private railway see 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/route/35
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New route added to #MiningLandscape #Ecomuseum’s collection, a short circular exploring the planned industrial village, the site of the Lady Lillian (Lochhead), Duncan, Albert and Hugo pits and the associated private railway see 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/route/35
Got the 1st of the #Douglas routes planned and mapped ‘The Blue Bridge to the Rankin’ through stunning landscape with Chris on our recent visit now the hard work begins. Top: the subsidence pool and the railway Bottom: the site of Rankin #coal pit and the route
#MiningLandscape
#MiningLandscape
April 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Got the 1st of the #Douglas routes planned and mapped ‘The Blue Bridge to the Rankin’ through stunning landscape with Chris on our recent visit now the hard work begins. Top: the subsidence pool and the railway Bottom: the site of Rankin #coal pit and the route
#MiningLandscape
#MiningLandscape