Volume contents
- 1 - Borrowstouness , index
- 3 - Borrowstouness , page 3 (start)
- 10 - Borrowstouness , page 10
- 20 - Borrowstouness , page 20
- 30 - Borrowstouness , page 30
- 40 - Borrowstouness , page 40
- 50 - Borrowstouness , page 50
- 60 - Borrowstouness , page 60
- 63 - Borrowstouness , page 63 (end)
- 63A - Borrowstouness , title page
Continued entries/extra info
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"Below Kinneil House upon the coast was formely a castle named Castle Lyon. It was
built by a lady of the house of Glammis and was probably the jointure house of Lady M
-garet Lyon daughter of Lord Glamis and widow of John first Marquis of Hamilton. A
path leading from high ground towards the Shore still called Castle Loan
Some remains of a wall called Castle garden Wall indicate that the Site of Cast
Lyon was near the Snab." ----- New Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] Linlithgowshire page 130.
"Below the palace upon the coast which is now overflowed with the sea there was
formerly a castle called Castle Lyon which was built there by one of the ladies
a daughter of the house of Glammis." Sibbalds Hist [History] of Linlithgowshire page 18.
"Castlelyon which stood on the Shore of the Forth below Kinneil Castle is now over-
flowed by the Firth." ---- Sibbald quoted in Penney's Hist [History] of Linlithgowshire page 85.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 14 - Parish of Borrowstouness, OS1/34/14
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Borrowstouness.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of West Lothian, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.