It’s #WorldRatDay Ratticus and Carbonara the two surviving coal rats (Rattus Carbonicus) native to Fife work as project mascots for the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum pictured here hard at field work. For their back story see
www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/the-coa...
Also last week Aileen, Catherine and Steff (her first day in post) presented the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomusem and how you can use a variety of maps to kick start your own Landscape Journey for ‘Your #Heritage in Focus Taster Sessions’ at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
PROJECT NEWS: last week saw the #MiningLandscapes team out walking the Blaeberry Woods Trim Trail with the @wtscotsocial.bsky.social
and P6 pupils from Whitdale Primary and their support teacher using landscape, nature and stories to bring the history of coal, mining and community to life.
Another extant colliery #bathhouse discovered and added to #MiningLandscapes’ definitive list down at Dunaskin Bridge #Patna East #Ayrshire built in 1953 to serve neighbouring Minnivey Colliery. Total up to 21 see www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/survivi... with 2 more pending site visits.
Want to create your own mining walk or cycle route? Why not join Aileen and Catherine for the next #MiningLandscapes free Webinar ‘Using Maps to Kick-start your Landscape Journey’. The first in a ‘how to’ series of five. For information and to book a place nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news
New blog uploaded to the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum exploring the origins of commemorative Scottish colliery plates see www.mining-landscapes.org/blog #miningmemorabilia #Fife
Another new route added to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum the 3rd in the #Crossford #Lanarkshire series by local resident Margaret and National Mining Museum Scotland volunteer Bill focusing on the coal and brick industries in and around #Braidwood See www.mining-landscapes.org/route/172
A warm welcome to Steff she is joining #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum project team for 6 months to help us deliver our programme of summer events.
To meet Steff nip to our What’s New Page 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news#MiningH...
A very big thank you to Royston Goodman who is standing down after 10 years supporting #MiningLandscapes and advising/educating the project team as a volunteer and latterly as a member of our Advisory Board (it’s been a long time since the 4 of us met in that field at Dollar!)
You can see the coal seam in the cliff face but not a hump, bump or hollow remains of allegedly the most easterly workings in Scotland at Randerston, just south of Kingbarns in #Fife
#MiningLandscapes
Want to catch up with all #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum project news, activities and expanding collection of Landscape Journeys and Blogs since the start of the year. Our regular news review is published and ready for reading nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news
Some good news it’s 12+ years now that frogs have been spawning in the acidic mine water of the drainage ditches alongside the Alloa to Dunfermline railway path between the former Bogside and Castlehill Collieries #Fife #MiningLandscapes
Join Aileen and Catherine for the next #MiningLandscapes Free Webinar ‘Using Maps to Kick-start your Landscape Journey’ For more information and to book a place nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningHeritage
Just published
#MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum 2nd ‘listicle’ and 1st for 2026: Surviving Scottish pumping & winding #enginehouses with or without head frames. So far an amazing total of 17! Nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog
#MiningHeritage
Typical bingscape for #FerrousFriday
Railway walk #Kingswinford (Borough of Dudley) #MiningLandscapes
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
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.
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
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…
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
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
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
