Doon Hill is best known as a rare identified and excavated example of the site of a Dark-Age timber hall. Probably somewhat earlier in the Iron Age there had been a fort on the hill, and also a cremation cemetery.
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Ancient East Lothian - Doon Hill
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The 'Creamware' Potter on the East Coast of Scotland, 1750 - 1840
It is commonly assumed that the pottery industry in Scotland was relatively late compared to the large industry in England with its principal centre in Staffordshire. Recent research on the Scottish pottery industry history has demonstrated the need to look afresh at what the Scottish potters achieved and what they were striving for. -
The River Esk and its Mills
There have been mills along the Esk for many centuries, from its upper reaches far inland down to its joining with the Forth Estuary. There were many traditional small mills in Musselburgh cheaply converting the flow of the river into a power supply. The Mills of Musselburgh have had a beneficial effect on the local economy and have made an enormous contribution to national and overseas development over some 150 years. -
Fowler's Brewery: Famous Since the '45
At one time there were 16 breweries in the Prestonpans area. The fertile fields of the Lothians provided a useful source of barley and this allied to the coal mining and good water meant that all the necessary raw materials were to hand. The brewery of John Fowler & Sons was one of the most famous of all lasting for over 200 years. The coastal position of the brewery provided excellent trading opportunities. -
Hollenderhuset och Hillesund.
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Lindholmens borgruin
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Johanna Muséet
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Börringekloster
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Kungsbacken
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Axel Ebbes Konsthall























