The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Cairn erected in memory of the battle
The remains of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway
Sir John Cope was cleared by the subsequent court-martial, but Prestonpans ended his career.
Colonel Gardiner's Monument; his death turned him into a Nonconformist martyr
Prestonpans is a small mining town, situated approximately eight miles east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the council area of East Lothian. The population as of 2020 is
10,460. It is near the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans. Prestonpans is "Scotland's Mural Town", with many murals depicting local history.
Prestonpans Old Parish Church
Royal unicorn on Preston Cross
Prestonpans Town Hall
War Memorial statue by Birnie Rhind (1921)