Archaeologists investigating the Battle of Prestonpans are holding a special Open Day on Saturday 6 June at the Prestonpans Community Centre.

Visitors will be able to see them at work and join in a range of battle-related events, including re-enactment displays, a demonstration of how a cannon of the time worked, and battle gaming on a specially-made scale model.

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Saturday 30 May will see archaeologists descend on back gardens in two streets in Prestonpans, East Lothian in search of artefacts from the Battle of Prestonpans. They also hope to find remnants of Preston House ? where some say the Jacobite rebellion was originally plotted.

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Prestonpans Community Council's meeting on Tuesday 14 April heard outraged concerns that Lidl and low-cost house builders G2 are planning to demolish the old Fowler's HQ in the town whilst appeal processes are still very much under way.

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The Prestonpans community's dream of creating a new arts centre in the old Fowlers HQ building came tumbling down on Friday as it was demolished by its owner, the German cut-price supermarket chain Lidl.

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Friday 27 February sees the start of a three-day visit by archaeologists looking for artefacts relating to the Battle of Prestonpans.

This is the first ever significant archaeological study of the battle area and experts are hopeful that new fact will come to light about the famous 1745 battle which many regard as Bonnie Prince Charlie?s finest hour.

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Prestonpans? latest mural is a memorial to the old Summerlee community of miners and their families at Cuthill and will be officially dedicated on Saturday 28 February.

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The Battle of Prestonpans was a dramatic, bloodthirsty and very significant event in history with all the ingredients for a blockbuster Hollywood epic.

To help bring it to life for children, the Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust is using storytelling and model battle games to bring the famous conflict to life in the classroom.

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A political satire featuring Santa Claus in a Florida shopping mall gradually metamorphosing into Osama Bin Laden is set to get audiences in Prestonpans talking.

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The Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust is offering free storytelling workshops for local people interested in telling the story of the Battle of Prestonpans.

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To mark the start of the first major archaeological investigation into the Battle of Prestonpans local people are being invited to an Open Day on
22 November, 10.30am - 3pm at the Gothenburg in Prestonpans.

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