Colliery West Calder, Midlothian
Photograph is courtesy and copyright of Forestry Commission, Forest Research, Roslin, and provided with help from Glen Brearley. FR Photo number No C3105 taken by I A Anderson.
Interest in the planting of colliery spoil heaps was evident in this early era with a photograph of this one in Midlothian.
The text reads as: ‘A modern conical heap: few attempts at planting on this type have been made as severe exposure on the upper slopes is to be expected.’
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