Glenburn Miners Cairn
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Glenburn Miners Cairn
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 24 Apr 2014
This cairn marks the site of the former miners' rows of Glenburn Pit, in Prestwick. Other than the Glenburn Miners Welfare Amateur Football Club, there's nothing else left to show that a coal mine ever existed here. The inscription reads: IN MEMORY OF GLENBURN MINER’S ROWS 1914 – 1971 DEDICATED BY MINERS FAMILIES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS THE SWORD OF JUSTICE IN THEIR HANDS TO SHIELD AND GUARD THEIR NATIVE LAND. SEE HERE ON THE SCROLL THEIR NAMES WHO DIED ON LAND AND SEA WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN FREEDOM’S CAUSE. THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED BY SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL TO COMMEMORATE THE SITE OF THE “GLENBURN ROWS” AND TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY BETWEEN 1912 AND 1971. ALSO DEDICATD TO THE MEMORY OF THE COLLIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN GLENBURN PIT. THOSE KILLED IN ACTION IN WORLD WAR 1 NAMES LISTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE LATE MR. JACKIE YOUNG
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Image Location
Latitude
55.501073
Longitude
-4.598012