Kinneil Estate in Bo'ness is one of the locations for a new film about the Roman Antonine Wall. The mini movie highlights the work of the Rediscovering Antonine Wall project, part-financed by the National Lottery through its Heritage Fund. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAXqoROp9U Discover more about the Antonine Wall on this website.
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End of an era: the closure of Bo’ness Dock
It was the end of an era. On Tuesday, June 30, 1959, Bo’ness Dock was closed to commercial trade. A large crowd turned out to see the final vessel – a Dutch ship – sail out of the dock the next evening. The closure brought to an end a two-year fight between local people and… Continue reading End of an era: the closure of Bo’ness Dock
Going full steam ahead to Bo’ness
Seaview Place car park in Bo’ness was once home to the town’s original railway station. Work started on creating a branch line – an extension of the Slamannan Railway – in the 1840s, with the first revenue-earning train running in 1851. Initially the track was used to carry goods from the busy industrial complexes around… Continue reading Going full steam ahead to Bo’ness
When witches were burned at the stake
December 23, 1679: five women and one man were burned at the stake at the glebe of Corbiehall (near the current Corbie Inn pub) in Bo'ness. The six had been found guilty of the “abominable cryme of witchcraft”. The court ordered that they were to be “wirried at a steak till they be dead …… Continue reading When witches were burned at the stake
Bo’ness and the search for ‘white gold’
“During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, both shores of the Firth of Forth were studded with salt pans, and a big export trade was developed.” -Historian TJ Salmon It was once called “white gold”. Sea salt was harvested in Scotland for hundreds of years – with the first salt pans being developed in the 12th… Continue reading Bo’ness and the search for ‘white gold’
A harbour for coal – and eggs!
A pier at Bridgeness first appeared on a map of 1775. Its small harbour, shown in the picture here, was used by vessels employed in the coal trade. It also welcomed boats carrying eggs from the Orkney Islands. Later Bridgeness and (further east along the shoreline) Carriden became a centre for shipbreaking. Nearby was a… Continue reading A harbour for coal – and eggs!
Digital artist’s impression of 16th-Century Kinneil House
Many thanks to castle re-construction artist Andrew Spratt for kind permission to share his wonderful impression of how the original Kinneil House might have looked after it was built in the mid-16th Century, and before the 17th-Century re-modelling by Duchess Anne Hamilton which gave us more or less the current form of the house. The… Continue reading Digital artist’s impression of 16th-Century Kinneil House
Future plans for Kinneil – letter to press
Here's a copy of an open letter which the Friends of Kinneil are grateful to have had published in the Bo'ness Journal on 26 March, following up on a feature on the previous week's front page of the Journal about Falkirk Council's spending plans in the area. The Friends are asking for fresh impetus towards… Continue reading Future plans for Kinneil – letter to press
The Barony of Kinneil & ‘Improvements’ of the 18th Century
This feature is contributed by Friends of Kinneil Committee member, Iain Kirkman: can you help with his research into the agricultural history of Kinneil Estate? The Kinneil Estate is part and parcel of the Bo’ness landscape, but the present parkland is just a small part of what was once the Barony of Kinneil. The Barony… Continue reading The Barony of Kinneil & ‘Improvements’ of the 18th Century
Watt! Zoom!! Bingo!!! – James Watt Social Evening
Members of the Friends of Kinneil are warmly invited to an informal social evening being held via the Internet at 7 for 7.30pm this Friday, 22 January. Non-members can take part too if you're interested in finding out more about the Friends (see below). Sadly we cannot hold our annual James Watt Supper to celebrate… Continue reading Watt! Zoom!! Bingo!!! – James Watt Social Evening
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