Tranent
Tranent is a Town in the county of East Lothian.
Tranent postcode: EH33 1AF
There are great places to visit near Tranent.
Tranent History
There are some historic monuments around Tranent:
- South Elphinstone, settlement, chapel and graveyard 370m WSW of Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM13365
- Inveresk,Roman fort & civil settlement Roman: civil settlement SM3285
- Wester Pencaitland,fort and enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5746
- Smeaton Bridge,pit alignment 100m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment SM5672
- Pathhead,Roman camps,enclosures and pit alignment Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment; Roman: camp SM5819
- Wolfstar,enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5749
- Seton Mains, enclosure and ring ditch, 300m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6287
- Tyneholm House,enclosure 600m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5747
- Elphinstone Tower,enclosure and ring ditch 600m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5685
- South Lodge, enclosure 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM10373
- Chalkieside,enclosure 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6205
- Gowkshill,enclosure 300m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6337
- Craigielaw,enclosures 200m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4142
- Crichton Mains,souterrain 1280m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM1169
- Monktonhall Junction,Roman camps and prehistoric settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Roman: camp SM3610
- Longfaugh,enclosures 200m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6274
- Seton Mains, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6191
- Costerton,fort 800m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5736
- Monktonhall Junction, Neolithic cursus 150m N of Whitecraig Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM13318
- Kilspindie Golf Course,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5759
- Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke Secular: tower SM1187
- West Mains,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4004
- Ormiston,market cross Crosses and carved stones: market cross SM90234
- Seton Collegiate Church Ecclesiastical: collegiate church SM13368
- Oxenfoord Mains,enclosure 400m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6270
- Greendykes,enclosure 200m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5674
- Camp Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1164
- Play Hill, settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6231
- Dodridge Law,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5754
- Preston Mains,enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5885
- Inveresk House,Roman civil settlement,Inveresk Roman: civil settlement SM1182
- Upper Keith, ring ditch 1000m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5735
- Pardivan,enclosure 200m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6269
- Elphinstone Tower,towerhouse Secular: tower SM6318
- Seton West Mains, enclosures 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5687
- Kilspindie, wrecks of eight fishing boats 240m E of Secular: shipwreck SM10471
- Greendykes, enclosure 310m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4101
- Easter Cowden, enclosure 200m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6210
- Chalkieside, enclosure 600m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6211
- Keith Kirk,Keith Marischal Ecclesiastical: church SM758
- Birsley Brae,medieval coal mine Industrial: coal SM3352
- Redhouse Castle Secular: castle SM775
- Spittal,enclosures 200m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6295
- Queen Mary's Mount,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6204
- Lawfield,enclosure 500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6339
- Pinkiehill,field system 300m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM3611
- Winton Hill,enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6240
- Westpans,potteries Industrial: pottery SM5116
- Fuffet Wood,enclosure and cropmarks 100m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6267
- Tranent Tower Secular: tower SM778
- Hope,enclosure 300m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6273
- Catherine Lodge, Roman settlement & field system 205m NNW to 585m SE of Roman: civil settlement SM3612
- Ormiston Hall,St Giles Kirk Ecclesiastical: church SM761
- Preston Toll,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5743
- Turniedykes,enclosure 150m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6272
- Chalkieside Quarry, enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6213
- Southfield,ring ditch 350m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM5688
- Fordel Mains,fort 350m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6268
- Spittal,fort 800m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4082
- Windy Mains,enclosures 600m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5755
- Chalkieside, enclosure 400m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6212
- Lawfield Wood,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6338
- Templehall,enclosure 700m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5745
- Gowkshill,enclosure 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6336
- Kiloran,settlement 25m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM3934
- Beech Knowe, enclosure, Remote Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6809
- Longfaugh Fort,Crichton Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1174
- Templehall,enclosures 500m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5744
- Eastfield,enclosures and pit alignments,Old Craighall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6020
- Preston Tower and Dovecot Secular: tower SM774
- Inveresk,Roman civil settlement W of Inveresk Gate Roman: civil settlement SM3293
- Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement Secular: castle SM5997
- Saltoun Home Farm,enclosure and pit alignments 200m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5750
- Preston,market cross Crosses and carved stones: market cross SM90242
- Easter Cowden, enclosures Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6209
- Back Braes,enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5748
- Rectilinear enclosure 80m SW of Kilronan Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6203
- Eskgrove, Roman civil settlement 40 m N of Roman: altar SM3267
History of Tranent
In connection with the annual commemoration of the Battle of Prestonpans (originally called the Battle of Gladsmuir, and then renamed the Battle of Tranent, before many decades later being renamed the Battle of Prestonpans) there are plans to recreate a small portion of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway.
