Woolmet Colliery opened in 1904 with over 800 people working 305m (1000 feet) below the surface to produce more than 200,000 tonnes of coal a year. The bing was a prominent landmark on Edinburgh’s skyline until it was levelled and landscaped.
The miners memorial garden is dedicated to the miners that lost their lives at Monktonhall and Woolmet Collieries. It also commemorates the children who worked down the mines until the abolition of child labour in 1933.
The decoy anti-aircraft battery site is now derelict but the command post and four emplacements are still standing. It was constructed during WW11 to deceive enemy bombers bound for Edinburgh by using techniques from stage and screen.
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