Finding it impossible to get home, the survivors of the wreck decided to remain where they were and founded a settlement named "Althamer" in honour of their leader.

[2] The monks of Newbattle and Holyrood arrived in the district in the 12th century and, by 1198, were undertaking salt manufacturing using pans on the seashore: the settlement, which had been named "Althamer" was renamed "Prestonpans".

It takes the form of a Scottish soldier in a Tam o' Shanter bonnet and greatcoat sculpted by William Birnie Rhind in 1921.

[14] A memorial in the parish church commemorates "John Stuart of Phisgul...barbarously murdered by four Highlanders near the end of the Battle".

[16] In 2008 the Trust commissioned Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division ("GUARD") to undertake a comprehensive survey, followed by selective excavation, of the battlefield.

[20] Controversy arose after it became clear that battlefields lack legal protections:[21][22] in 2014, East Lothian Council granted planning consent to develop a substation for a large offshore windfarm on the site.

[23] The battlefield benefits from a pyramidal viewpoint sculpted from an old coal bing at Meadowmill, atop which flies Prince Charlie's battle flag to mark where a series of interpretation boards can be found.

With support from Bord na Gaidhlig road and walkway signage now includes the Gaelic which was spoken by the majority of Highlanders at the battle.

Inspired by Gordon Baron Prestoungrange, designed by local artist Andrew Crummy, and executed by over 200 volunteer embroiderers, the tapestry has already toured Scotland, England and France.

[25][26] Prestonpans was one of the worst affected areas during the witch trials in early modern Scotland with as many as 81 women accused of witchcraft executed at the end of the 16th Century.

[27] In 2004, the Barons Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun granted an Absolute Pardon to the accused women who are remembered annually on 31 October.