Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn
Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn is a memorial in East Lothian, Scotland. Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint 1745 Battlefield Viewpoint, as well as near the athletics track East Lothian Athletics Arena.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tranent Parish Church and Bankton House.
Tranent Parish Church
Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tranent Parish Church is a kirk belonging to the Church of Scotland. It is situated on the East Lothian town of Tranent 10 miles south-east of Edinburgh. Tranent Parish Church is situated 2,600 feet south of Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn.
Bankton House
Garden
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bankton House is a late 17th-century house situated south of Prestonpans in East Lothian, Scotland. The house is located between the A1 road and the East Coast Main Line railway at grid reference NT394736. Bankton House is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn.
Prestonpans railway station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestonpans railway station is a railway station serving the mining town of Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the North Berwick Line, 9.75 miles east of Edinburgh Waverley. It serves the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 1.37 miles away. Prestonpans railway station is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Tranent.
Preston
Suburb
Photo: Renata, Public domain.
Preston was a village on the East Lothian coast of Scotland, and is now a small part of the centre of Prestonpans. It is to the east of Prestongrange, and the southwest of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
Tranent
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tranent is the largest of a string of villages in East Lothian in central Scotland, 9 miles east of Edinburgh city centre. In 2022 it had a population of 20,700.
Cockenzie and Port Seton
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland.
Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Cairn
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “1745”
- Category: historic site
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95669° or 55° 57′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.95878° or 2° 57′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C7VX24R+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2696654858OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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