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Kinneil House
| Kinneil House | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Bo'ness, Scotland |
| Built | 1553 |
| Built for | James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran |
| Governing body | Historic Environment Scotland |
Kinneil House is a historic house to the west of Bo'ness in east-central Scotland.[1] It was once the principal seat of the Hamilton family in the east of Scotland.[2] The house was saved from demolition in 1936 when 16th-century mural paintings were discovered, and it is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. The house now consists of a symmetrical mansion built in 1677 on the remains of an earlier 16th- or 15th-century tower house, with two rows of gunloops for early cannon still visible. A smaller east wing, of the mid 16th century, contains the two painted rooms. The house is protected as a Category A listed building.[3]
It sits within a public park, which also incorporates a section of the Roman Antonine Wall and the only example of an Antonine fortlet with visible remains.
- ^ "OS 25 inch 1892-1949". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Salmon, Thomas James (1913). Borrowstounness and district, being historical sketches of Kinneil, Carriden, and Bo'ness, c. 1550-1850. Edinburgh: William Hodge and Co. pp. 44–52. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinneil House including footbridge over Gil Burn... (Category A Listed Building) (LB22358)". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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