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Bo'ness, Kinneil House

Country House (16th Century), Tower House (15th Century)
Bo'ness, Kinneil House
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bo'ness, Kinneil House as Country House (16th Century), Tower House (15th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Kinneil House, near Bo'ness, was originally a 15th-century tower house built by the Drummonds, a prominent Scottish noble family, and later expanded in the 16th century as a country house. It is historically significant as the birthplace of James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) in 1566.

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