Blackness Castle and Linlithgow Palace (Another day, another ruin ... or two!)
July 8th 2011 Yay, after two days of gloomy, wet and generally horrible weather the sun is shining today! Having studied our Explorer Pass map in great detail we decided that we could fit in a couple more ruins before driving down to the Yorkshire Dales this afternoon.
Our first stop was Blackness Castle four miles NE of Linlithgow right on the Firth of Forth. The castle was built in the 15th century by one
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