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Dist:0.2km<br/>Situated on the minor road between Newton Village and Danderhall in Midlothian, Newton Kirk is of some antiquity and was originally dedicated to St. Mary. and was in the superiority of the monks of Dunfermline. In 1584, the parish was united with Woomet or Wymeth (now Woolmet) The present church was built in 1742 and contains a loft which was exclusively installed for coal miners.

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Dist:0.2km<br/>Leading past Woolmet woodland to Newton.

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Dist:0.2km<br/>Reclaimed bings at the site of Woolmet Colliery

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Dist:0.2km<br/>Newton Village was built to service the now closed Monktonhall Colliery which was at one time the deepest coal mine in Europe. Mayfield can be seen in the distance on the hill.

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Dist:0.3km<br/>Woodland on land reclaimed by Lothian Regional Council Landscape Development Unit, and funded by the Scottish Development Agency

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Dist:0.4km<br/>The towers of Monktonhall Colliery are now long gone

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Dist:0.4km<br/>Former school, now home to a retail software house.

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Dist:0.5km<br/>A relic of the Midlothian coalfield, on reclaimed land of the Woolmet pit. Unfortunately, the information plaque is missing.

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Dist:0.6km<br/>Part of the now defunct Midlothian coalfield. Looking NW towards Arthur's Seat.

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Dist:0.6km<br/>A memorial to miners killed at Monktonhall Colliery in accidents throughout the mine's lifetime.

Mention should also be made of the brave miners of Monktonhall who sank their redundancy money into keeping the colliery open after the 1980s political destruction of the industry. Sadly geology defeated them and the mine closed.

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Dist:0.6km<br/>Even after several days the snow still makes getting about difficult.

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Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking across to the Woolmet woodland, a reclaimed colliery site, from the miners' welfare.

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