Bothwellhaugh

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Reference WMO/288673

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M & D's Scotland's Theme Park

Strathclyde Country Park

Motherwell

ML1 3RT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cairn
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone Cairn with metal plaque on two sides. Hamilton Palace Colliery was owned by the Bent Coal Company, which also owned several other pits in Lanarkshire. It was sunk in 1884, a period of expansion in the coal industry in the area. The colliery was sunk on the Duke of Hamilton's estate, north of Hamilton Palace. The village associated with the colliery was called Bothwellhaugh, known locally as "The Pailis". After the colliery closed in May 1959, the housing deteriorated. Eventually, the decision was taken to demolish all the housing, and the site of the village was cleared. It is now marked by a cairn and war memorial, which only has names for WW2.
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Dedication Plaque- THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED ON THE SITE OF/THE FORMER MINING VILLAGE OF/BOTHWELLHAUGH/IN IT'S HEYDAY IN THE 1920'S IT WAS A/THRIVING COMMUNITY OF APPROXIMATELY/2000 PEOPLE. AT ITS CENTRE THE/HAMILTON PALACE COLLIERY, VIRTUALLY/THE SOLE EMPLOYER AND THE WAY OF/LIFE FOR THE VILLAGE, WHEN/THE COLLIERY FINALLY CLOSED IN 1959/THE VILLAGE SLOWLY DIED AND BY THE/1960'S NOTHING WAS LEFT BUT MEMORIES,/TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EVER/LIVED THERE IT WAS ALWAYS/AFFECTIONATLY KNOWN AS/"THE PAILIS" ;Names Plaque-IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF /BOTHWELLHAUGH WHO GAVE /THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 AND THE FOLLOWING /MEN IN THE WORLD WAR OF 1939-1945/[13 names]

A.B. R. Alexander, R.N./ A.B. J. Bradley, R.N./ Pte. W. Crawford, R.A./ Pte. J. Crawford, R.A.C./ Pte. A. Dougan, Seaforth Hndrs./ Pte. E. Friel, Gordon Hndrs./ 2nd Lt. S. Little, Gordon Hndrs./ Pte. J. McGarrity, Ldn. Scottish/ Pte. F. McMahon, R.A.S.C./ Pte. Wm. Mitchell, R.S. Greys/ A.B. Wm. Nelson, R.N./ Pte. A. Semple, R.A.S.C./ Pte. J. Watson, Cameronians

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