Mining Memorial
Mining Memorial is a memorial in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mining Memorial is situated nearby to Minnow Bench Park, as well as near Kilsyth Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bar Hill Fort and Croy railway station.
Bar Hill Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar Hill Fort was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was built around the year 142 CE. Older maps and documents sometimes spell the name as Barr Hill. Bar Hill Fort is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mining Memorial.
Croy railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 miles northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Croy railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mining Memorial.
Broadwood Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical, as well as Cumbernauld Colts of the Scottish Lowland Football League, and Rangers W.F.C of the Scottish Women's Premier League. Broadwood Stadium is situated 2½ miles south of Mining Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilsyth and Croy.
Kilsyth
Photo: Excalibur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilsyth is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.
Croy
Village
Croy is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. A former mining community, Croy is situated south of Kilsyth and north of Cumbernauld, some 13 miles from Glasgow and 37 miles from Edinburgh on the main railway line between the two cities.
Queenzieburn
Village
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queenzieburn is a small settlement in the historic county of Stirlingshire and the Council Area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its estimated population is 520. Queenzieburn is situated 1½ miles west of Mining Memorial.
Mining Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The Miners NO DAWN ONLY BLACKNESS”
- Category: historic site
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9774° or 55° 58′ 39″ northLongitude
-4.05569° or 4° 3′ 21″ westInception
1996Open location code
9C7QXWGV+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 12925252337OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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