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  • Dunfermline Abbey

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    There was one last stop before I finished my drive to my next destination Cellardyke, namely at Dunfermline Abbey in Dunfermline, Fife.

    Some of Scotland’s greatest medieval monarchs were laid to rest at Dunfermline Abbey. Founded as a priory, Dunfermline was made an abbey by David I and later became a royal mausoleum. (Historic Enviroment)

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    Founded in 1070 by Margaret on the site on which she had got married. She invited a small group of Benedicte monks from Canterbury and laid the foundation for the first Benedict house in Scotland.

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    The priory became an abbey in 1128, David I built a new and very impressive church. In 1303 the abbey was badly damaged and rebuilt by Robert I.

     

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    After the Reformation, the old choir was allowed to collapse and the nave was converted into a parish kirk. A new palace was created out of the (royal) guesthouse and the west range of Dunfermline Abbey, a palace that became the home and personal residence of James VI’s queen, Anna of Denmark. In 1600 Charles I was the last monarch born in Scotland, the royal family moved to London only three years later. The palace fell into disrepair.

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    View in direction of Edinburgh and Forth Bridge.

  • Blackness Castle

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    Blackness Castle

    After one palace there is always another castle, especially when you´re in Scotland!

    Blackness Castle looks across the River Forth to the naval dockyards of Rosyth, and along it to the Forth rail and two road bridges. The castle is first mentioned in 1449, although there had been a port at nearby Blackness serving the royal burgh of Linlithgow since the thirteenth century. (Undiscovered Scotland)

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    Built in the 1440s, probably on the site of a former fort, it was the main port for Linlithgow and also served as a prison. Even so, Blackness Castle was one of the most advanced artillery fortifications of its time in Scotland it felt to Cromwell´s army in 1650. A few years after the siege the castle was repaired and again served as a prison and a minor garrison.

    On the screen

    Today Blackness Castle is one of the many movies and tv shows locations in Scotland, recently used for “Outlander” by Starz, “Mary Queen Of Scots”, “Outlaw King”, “Hamlet”, “Ivanhoe” and many more.

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    View of the Forth Bridge crossing River Forth.

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    The ship that never sailed

    The Inner Courtyard is mostly formed by natural rocks and the peculiar form of Blackness Castle, looking like a ship pointing out into the River Forth.

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  • Linlithgow Palace

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    It was about time to leave Western Scotland and cross over to the Eastern side, to my second to last Scottish home. But as always I fit in some stops along the way. The first one, the very impressive ruin of Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots.

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    Situated between the town of Linlithgow and Loch Linlithgow the Palace was the perfect stopping point between Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle, it was favoured residence of the Stewart kings and queens from James I.

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    In September 1745, when Bonnie Prince Charlie visited the Palace on is march down south this fountain was made to flow with wine in his honour, shortly after that in 1746 the Government troops destroyed most of the Palace buildings.

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    A royal manor house probably existed on this site from the mid-twelfth century, when Kind David I founded the burgh. Linlithgow’s position made it an ideal site for a military base, and in 1302 the English king set about transforming it into a secure stronghold built mostly of earth and wood. (Marie-Stuart.co.uk)

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    1424 a disastrous fire destroyed most of the town and the royal manor. James I, immediately started to rebuild the church of St. Michael and Linlithgow Palace as a grand residence for Scottish royalty. The following kinds made significant additions.

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    After the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the Royal Court became largely based in England and Linlithgow was used very little. Parts of the Palace started to collapse. King James then had it renovated and rebuilt.

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