Mauricewood Miners' Memorial, off Mauricewood Road
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Mauricewood Miners' Memorial, off Mauricewood Road
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 27 May 2012
A memorial erected in 1989 to the memory of 63 men and boys who died in a fire in the Mauricewood Pit in 1889. It was the initiative of Alan Montgomery, an ex-miner from Danderhall who became a local councillor in the area. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.839511
Longitude
-3.217996