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:
Craigmailing,cross slab 550m NW of Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM1902Bowden Hill,fort,Linlithgow Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2283Carriden House, Roman fort, annexe and settlement Roman: fort SM12653Easter Manuel,cultivation terraces NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cultivation terraces SM2570Stacks,enclosure 250m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6490Manuel Nunnery Ecclesiastical: nunnery SM1747Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; Secular: palace SM13099Bents Cottage, Roman temporary camp 40m SW, 75m SW & 75m NE of Roman: Antonine Wall SM2474Antonine Wall and fortlet, 430m E to 850m WSW of Kinneil House Roman: fortlet SM2210Raven Craig, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7571Torphichen Preceptory, refuge stone at Torphichen Kirk Crosses and carved stones: refuge stone SM1903Carriden House,mound 300m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6488Broomy Knowes, cairn S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6208Peace Knowe,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1901Antonine Wall,Nether Kinneil-Inveravon,rampart & ditch Roman: Antonine Wall SM3211Bonhard House,palisaded homestead 350m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM6486Kinneil,church and graveyard Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM4970Hilltop House, coal pit 250m NNW of Industrial: coal SM11225Almond Castle Secular: castle SM1748Nether Kinneil, shell middens 400m ENE of Inveravon Prehistoric domestic and defensive: shell midden SM6917Antonine Wall, Roman temporary camp 105m NNW of Holland Cottage Roman: Antonine Wall SM3202Kinneil House, shell midden 350m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: shell midden SM6918Avondale House,palisaded enclosure 630m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5646Castlethorn, 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 SM11242Torphichen Bridge, mill, lade & trackway 200m NE of Secular: mill (domestic / small-scale) SM11253Newparks,lime kilns 120m NNE of Industrial: kiln, furnace, oven SM5860Bonhard House,enclosure 500m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6485Antonine Wall, N of Kinneil Primary School Roman: Antonine Wall SM11639Cairnpapple Hill, prehistoric ceremonial complex Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM90053South Mains,homestead moat 200m N of Secular: homestead moat SM6207Easter Gormyre, refuge stone, 475m ENE of Crosses and carved stones: refuge stone SM7279Torphichen Preceptory Ecclesiastical: preceptory SM90305Walton,enclosure 650m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6487Myrehead,enclosure 750m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6484Antonine Wall, fort and shell middens 240m WSW of The Tower, Inveravon Prehistoric domestic and defensive: shell midden; Roman: Antonine Wall SM3209Gala Braes,standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM6184Carriden House,church and burial ground 20m SW of Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM5458Cockleroy,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2378Stacks,enclosure 300m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4145Antonine Wall, 120m SSW of Woodside Cottage Roman: Antonine Wall SM12643Antonine Wall,Inveravon,Roman camps 420m & 730m SE of Roman: Antonine Wall SM3210Windywa's Silvermine, silvermine 300m SW of Wester Tartraven Industrial: mines, quarries SM11226Lathallan, palisaded enclosure 150m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6919Myrehead,windmill Industrial: mill, factory SM2592.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) |
