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Burngrange is an area of the Scottish village West Calder. Situated at the far west of the village it mainly consists of housing constructed for the areas mining industry in the early 20th century. On 10 January 1947, Burngrange was witness to its worst underground mining disaster, in which 15 miners perished. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burngrange_mining_disaster
The images above show the original still-standing Burngrange pit buildings.
You can find out more about the Burngrange Disaster at the following links:
West Lothian Council - Museums, Local History and Archives
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The images were taken on 19/3/23.
The location of the original pit buildings is based on information from Scottish Shale / Burngrange No. 1 and 2 Pits
The graves of some of the men who were killed in the pit disaster can be found in West Calder cemetery.
1956 OS Map
Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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