I have passed them many a time. Just wait till I tell the children about the Orchids. Shona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Archie Gilbert" <agilbert@clara.co.uk> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [MLN] Re: MIDLOTHIAN-D Digest V04 #531 > Not sure about the ones near Philpstoun. I know some of them have been > worked for infill. If you drive from Broxburn to Winchburgh you pass > between > two huge bings, which have never been touched, so there may be some > protection on them. One of them is so colonised by plant growth, that rare > orchids have been found ! > > Archie Gilbert. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret" <margaret@scottishwool.com> > To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 6:44 PM > Subject: Re: [MLN] Re: MIDLOTHIAN-D Digest V04 #531 > > >> On 31/12/04 6:09 pm, "Archie Gilbert" <agilbert@clara.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > I really wanted to correct your >> > reference to the "seven" sisters. There are only five bings, which are >> > protected as industrial heritage. >> >> Memory fade .. My apologies ... >> Are the great mounds north of Uphall on the way to Philipstoun also >> protected? >> >> Robin >> -- >> Robin and Margaret McEwen-King >> Lanark Scotland >> >> >> >> > >