Museums, History &
Shore of East Lothian

Part the First — Museums & Collections

1. I.The Tolbooth Keeps the TownA sixteenth-century civic landmark now holds Dunbar's story, from prehistoric flint tools to the herring fishery of its harbour.Dunbar · 7 min read
2. II.The County's Paperwork Made PublicThe John Gray Centre, Haddington — where East Lothian's memory is open for businessHaddington · 7 min read
3. III.The Old School by the SeaA volunteer-kept museum tells North Berwick's story — fishing, golf, Victorian holidays, and the sea. Housed in the town's former school.North Berwick · 4 min read
4. IV.Eight Hundred Years UnderfootPrestongrange Museum and the Long Life of an Industrial ShorePrestonpans · 12 min read
5. V.A Field That FlewThe National Museum of Flight at East Fortune Airfield, East LothianEast Fortune · 11 min read

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Part the Second — The Coast

1. VI.The Gannet CityA volcanic fortress in the Firth of Forth whose tenants have outlasted every jailer: the Bass Rock, Covenanter prison and last Jacobite stronghold.North Berwick · 8 min read
2. VII.The Forth LightsA Family and a Firththe Firth of Forth · 7 min read
3. VIII.Herring SilverThe Silver Harvestthe East Lothian coast · 7 min read
4. IX.Links Laid Along the SandA Shore Made for the GameNorth Berwick / Gullane · 5 min read

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Part the Third — History & Battles

1. X.Cromwell Below Doon HillThe battle that should never have been a battleDunbar · 8 min read
2. XI.The Quarter-Hour ChargeGround, Army and ApproachPrestonpans · 7 min read
3. XII.A Boy of the High StreetThe Making of a NaturalistDunbar · 8 min read
4. XIII.Silver on the LawThe Hill and Its PeopleTraprain Law · 5 min read

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Part the Fourth — Table & Custom

1. XIV.The Market Garden of ScotlandLand Made to GrowEast Lothian · 7 min read
2. XV.Belhaven AleThe Oldest Pint in LothianDunbar · 4 min read

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