What is recorded here
Linlithgow Palace stands as ruined royal chambers in West Lothian, where Scottish kings lived from the fifteenth century until flames emptied the halls in 1746. Its walls have held birth feasts, state visits and quiet abandonment, while the loch beside them kept every sound unchanged. Much of what is certain has crashed or faded, but the shape remains: a house built for pride, damaged by time, and still able to stop a person mid-thought.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Linlithgow Palace as Unidentified Pottery (roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linlithgow Palace was a significant royal residence built by King James IV of Scotland in the late 15th century, later expanded by his son James V. It is remembered as the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, and as an important example of late medieval Scottish architecture.
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Places near here
Linlithgow Palace, LodgeGate Lodge (19th Century) · 78 yd
Linlithgow Palace, GatewayGatehouse (16th Century), Gateway (16th Century) · 107 yd
Linlithgow, St Michael's ChurchBurial Ground (15th Century), Burial Vault (17th Century), Church (15th Century) (1425), War Memorial (20th Century) · 148 yd
Cross WellMemorial · 187 yd
Linlithgow, the Cross, Cross WellFountain (19th Century), Market Cross (period Unknown), Well (16th Century) · 190 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Linlithgow MuseumMuseum · 227 yd
Linlithgow Palace and PeelNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 270 yd
The RickleIslet · 280 yd
Linlithgow, Whitten LaneNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 312 yd
Cormorant IslandIslet · 699 yd
John Muir WayWalking route · 1521 yd
Linlithgow, Kingscavil CemeteryCemetery (early 21st Century) · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Alistair McMillan · CC BY-SA 2.0