Preston, Midlothian, Scotland, British Isles

Preston, Midlothian is in Midlothian.

1745 Cairn, Preston, Midlothian, Scotland, British Isles [Map]

The 1745 Cairn [Map] marks the location of the Battle of Prestonpans fought on 21st September 1745.

The Thorntree Monument, Preston, Midlothian, Scotland, British Isles [Map]

The Thorntree Monument [Map] marks the location of the last stand of Colonel James Gardiner [aged 57] during the Battle of Prestonpans on 21st September 1745.

Colonel James Gardiner: On 11th January 1688 he was born to William Gardiner. 1726 he and Frances Erskine were married. She the daughter of David Erskine 9th Earl Buchan and Frances Fairfax Countess Buchan.