Linlithgow by Hannah Blundell

Linlithgow

Created: 4  July  2021  Edited: 29  November  2023

Linlithgow

Local History around Linlithgow

There are some historic monuments around including:

Stacks,enclosure 250m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6490Craigmailing,cross slab 550m NW of Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM1902Carriden House,mound 300m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6488Bents Cottage, Roman temporary camp 40m SW, 75m SW & 75m NE of Roman: Antonine Wall SM2474Antonine Wall, Roman temporary camp 105m NNW of Holland Cottage Roman: Antonine Wall SM3202Myrehead,windmill Industrial: mill, factory SM2592Carriden House, Roman fort, annexe and settlement Roman: fort SM12653Broomy Knowes, cairn S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6208Bonhard House,enclosure 500m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6485Torphichen Preceptory, refuge stone at Torphichen Kirk Crosses and carved stones: refuge stone SM1903Torphichen Bridge, mill, lade & trackway 200m NE of Secular: mill (domestic / small-scale) SM11253Newparks,lime kilns 120m NNE of Industrial: kiln, furnace, oven SM5860Lathallan, palisaded enclosure 150m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6919Raven Craig, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7571Stacks,enclosure 300m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4145Kinneil,church and graveyard Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM4970Walton,enclosure 650m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6487Easter Gormyre, refuge stone, 475m ENE of Crosses and carved stones: refuge stone SM7279Gala Braes,standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM6184Cockleroy,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2378Peace Knowe,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1901Nether Kinneil, shell middens 400m ENE of Inveravon Prehistoric domestic and defensive: shell midden SM6917Almond Castle Secular: castle SM1748Castlethorn, fort and standing stones 500m ESE of Torphichen Mains Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM11242Antonine Wall, fort and shell middens 240m WSW of The Tower, Inveravon Prehistoric domestic and defensive: shell midden; Roman: Antonine Wall SM3209Manuel Nunnery Ecclesiastical: nunnery SM1747Windywa's Silvermine, silvermine 300m SW of Wester Tartraven Industrial: mines, quarries SM11226Cairnpapple Hill, prehistoric ceremonial complex Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM90053Easter Manuel,cultivation terraces NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cultivation terraces SM2570South Mains,homestead moat 200m N of Secular: homestead moat SM6207Myrehead,enclosure 750m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6484Antonine Wall and fortlet, 430m E to 850m WSW of Kinneil House Roman: fortlet SM2210Bowden Hill,fort,Linlithgow Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2283Antonine Wall,Inveravon,Roman camps 420m & 730m SE of Roman: Antonine Wall SM3210Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; Secular: palace SM13099Bonhard House,palisaded homestead 350m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM6486Avondale House,palisaded enclosure 630m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5646Kinneil House, shell midden 350m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: shell midden SM6918Carriden House,church and burial ground 20m SW of Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM5458Antonine Wall, 120m SSW of Woodside Cottage Roman: Antonine Wall SM12643Torphichen Preceptory Ecclesiastical: preceptory SM90305Hilltop House, coal pit 250m NNW of Industrial: coal SM11225Antonine Wall,Nether Kinneil-Inveravon,rampart & ditch Roman: Antonine Wall SM3211Antonine Wall, N of Kinneil Primary School Roman: Antonine Wall SM11639.

Wildlife in and Around Linlithgow

Mammals found in Linlithgow

There have been 32 species of mammals recorded in the linlithgow area.

(Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.)
55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
American Mink (Neovison vison)
Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Common Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

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Birds found in Linlithgow

There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the linlithgow area.

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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Fish found in Linlithgow

There have been 10 species of fish recorded in the linlithgow area.

Bream (Abramis brama)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Pope (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

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Linlithgow map

Linlithgow UK Map