What is recorded here
Linlithgow Palace still stands in West Lothian, a medieval king's house reduced to white walls and empty rooms. It is the kind of place where certainty stops and memory begins. Anything added must remain visible as imagination, not fact.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Linlithgow, Linlithgow Palace as Palace (medieval). 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.
Linlithgow Palace was built by King James I of Scotland in the early 15th century and later expanded by his son, James II. It is important as the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, and as a significant example of medieval royal architecture in Scotland.
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Places near here
Linlithgow, Linlithgow Palace, FountainFountain (16th Century) · 25 yd
Linlithgow Palace, GatewayGatehouse (16th Century), Gateway (16th Century) · 50 yd
Linlithgow, St Michael's ChurchBurial Ground (15th Century), Burial Vault (17th Century), Church (15th Century) (1425), War Memorial (20th Century) · 62 yd
Linlithgow PalaceUnidentified Pottery (roman) · 108 yd
Cross WellMemorial · 168 yd
Linlithgow Palace and PeelNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 178 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Linlithgow MuseumMuseum · 225 yd
The RickleIslet · 263 yd
Linlithgow, Whitten LaneNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 414 yd
Cormorant IslandIslet · 607 yd
John Muir WayWalking route · 1598 yd
Linlithgow, Kingscavil CemeteryCemetery (early 21st Century) · 1.2 miOther information
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0