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) […]
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 […]
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. Situated between the town of […]