Preston, Midlothian is in Midlothian.
The 1745 Cairn [Map] marks the location of the Battle of Prestonpans fought on 21st September 1745.

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.

