Tomorrow, 23 April, in Linlithgow at 7.30pm - talk for Linlithgow Civic Trust about Kinneil at perhaps its most magnificent, around the end of 17th Century

Today is John Muir Day! Bo'ness & Kinneil contain a significant stretch of Scotland's John Muir Way: find out more @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social
#JohnMuirDay

Inventing the future at Kinneil House YouTube video by Historic Environment Scotland

New podcast on Kinneil House from #HistoricScotland! Hear about James Watt's work here with Dr John Roebuck on Watt's most famous invention, his steam engine - & visit on Saturdays for guided tours. Thanks for invite to take part, with @markrustbucket.bsky.social too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzaI...

Side by side view comparing Bo'ness on historic Ordnance Survey maps from 1855 and 1895

This #MapMonday explore historic Linlithgowshire in great detail 🔎

You can now view a georeferenced layer of Ordnance Survey 25-inch mapping from the 1850s on our maps website.

Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

Happy #WorldHeritageDay! Name of ancient parish of Kinneil meant 'Head of the Wall' - Eastern gateway to #AntonineWall
#WHS : discover more on a tour with #HistoricScotland inside Kinneil House today or most Saturdays till September [📷 @visit-scotland.bsky.social / Kenny Lam] #WHUK #UNESCO

Tomorrow is #WorldHeritageDay! Visit Kinneil: on #AntonineWall #WorldHeritageSite - & described by @undisscot.bsky.social as 'nearest thing... anywhere in Scotland to a history theme park'. See other posts for Saturday tours info [photos credit @scotdrone.bsky.social & #VisitScotland /K Lam]

Kinneil House welcomes visitors for 2026 season of Saturday openings Visitors are once again invited to explore the historic Kinneil House in Bo’ness, where Saturday guided tours and walks are resuming from the beginning of April for the 2026 season. The magni…

On Saturdays till September, come & discover 2,000 years of history, with tours in Kinneil House, plus free lunchtime guided walk, & see free Kinneil Museum as part of your visit
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/31/k...
#HistoricScotland #VisitScotland #Scotland #VisitFalkirk #AntonineWall

Inventing the future at Kinneil House YouTube video by Historic Environment Scotland

New podcast on Kinneil House from #HistoricScotland! Hear about James Watt's work here with Dr John Roebuck on Watt's most famous invention, his steam engine - & visit on Saturdays for guided tours. Thanks for invite to take part, with @markrustbucket.bsky.social too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzaI...

For full visitor information 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/31/k...

Thanks to the Falkirk Herald for reminding readers that today Kinneil House has its second regular open day of 2026 for indoor guided tours and outdoor walks, with Kinneil Museum open free as well. First indoor tour is at 10am:
👉 www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/...
#HistoricScotland

Does anyone have a Kinneil Colliery commemorative plate?

Happy #NationalUnicornDay - Scotland's national animal! Here's one from 16th Century on vault of Kinneil House's Arbour Room - come & find it on a guided tour with #HistoricScotland this Saturday: see previous posts or web site for details - also our free outdoor guided walk & free local museum

Kinneil Museum to stay open after further reprieve Kinneil Museum to stay open as talks about its future continue As Easter approaches, the news has been welcomed that Kinneil Museum will remain open during ongoing talks about its future. At a meet…

For more information about the reprieve
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/30/k...

Falkirk Council agrees more time for talks in bid to save Bo'ness museum A museum that has been run by Falkirk Council for the past 50 years was given “a stay of execution” that will allow it to remain open for the next two months in the hope agreement on its future can be...

Many thanks to the Falkirk Herald - plus associated titles Bo'ness Journal, Glasgow Herald & The National - for detailed coverage on the further reprieve for Kinneil Museum whilst talks about its future continue
👉 www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politic...

Well preserved military sandals from the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall. The sandals were found in a pit in the northwest corner of the fort, and are part of the collections at Kinneil House Museum. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland

A few birds from late afternoon at Kinneil, upper Forth, yesterday. Greenshank, Black Tailed Godwit and c.20 Scaup #BirdingScotland

Kinneil Kirk is thought to have been a site of Christian worship for around 1,500 years or perhaps more - come to its special annual outdoor service at 8.30am tomorrow to celebrate Easter Sunday: all welcome, details on Bo’ness Parish Church’s Facebook page

Easter Saturday and Sunday at Kinneil Kinneil House is now open for guided tours of the interiors, including the renowned painted rooms, every Saturday at 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Book tickets via the Historic Environment Scotland…

Easter Saturday and Sunday at Kinneil - check out what's on offer for all ages to enjoy: kinneil.org.uk/2026/04/02/e...

Kinneil House welcomes visitors for 2026 season of Saturday openings Visitors are once again invited to explore the historic Kinneil House in Bo’ness, where Saturday guided tours and walks are resuming from the beginning of April for the 2026 season. The magni…

On Saturdays till September, come & discover 2,000 years of history, with tours in Kinneil House, plus free lunchtime guided walk, & see free Kinneil Museum as part of your visit
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/31/k...
#HistoricScotland #VisitScotland #Scotland #VisitFalkirk #AntonineWall

Kinneil Museum to stay open after further reprieve Kinneil Museum to stay open as talks about its future continue As Easter approaches, the news has been welcomed that Kinneil Museum will remain open during ongoing talks about its future. At a meet…

Further reprieve for Kinneil Museum! Read full story
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/30/k...

Vixen at Kinneil lagoon watching the sunset over Grangemouth #Foxoftheday

A memorial to the coal industry with a poem on slabs under a red arch

View across the harbour with a pale blue sky tinged with yellow

A fiery red and purple sunset over Grangemouth

A bike with spring flowers in its baskets and a pink lantern hanging from the handlebars

Had some midweek enrichment in Bo'ness and it was great, 10/10 would recommend the harbour walk

Historic Environment Scotland conservation record for Carnock House, Stirlingshire (demolished). Photograph shows decorative plasterwork to be salvaged.

This is a record card picture of the ceiling with the sections to be salvaged outlined in red pen (HES)

Carnock House, near Airth, is mentioned in this interesting feature about @dendrochronicle.bsky.social: there's a curious fragment of plaster from Carnock displayed in Kinneil House - which has a free open day tomorrow (see previous post). Here's the plaster fragment: www.trove.scot/object/26493

Kinneil House free open day for Silent Film Festival – Saturday 21 March Silent pictures and stories… Discover Kinneil House’s unique 16th-Century ‘Parable’ Room Kinneil House will re-open free on Saturday 21 March – the first public openin…

Kinneil House *re-opens!* with #HistoricScotland this Saturday 21 March - self-guided indoor tours, 10am-3pm + outdoor guided walk at 12 noon + see museum in probably its last fortnight of Council management - all *free* for this week’s #HippFest Silent Film Festival kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/17/k...

Missing #HadriansWall's sycamore? Kinneil has its cousin - on the #AntonineWall! Pictured today between spring showers, standing proud & surrounded by multiple other layers of history, right on line of the Roman #WorldHeritage #WorldHeritageSite!

#SycamoreGap

The Bridgeness Engine House A Fire Engine House at Kinningars Park, Bo’ness The Building In Kinningars Park at Bridgeness (NT 0139 8129) stands a lectern style doocot which belonged to Grange House, the property of the Cadell…

For more detail on the Kinningars Park structure, read Geoff Bailey's feature at the fabulous Falkirk Local History Society web site at: falkirklocalhistory.club/around-the-a...

Including one of Scotland's rare surviving early engine houses in nearby Kinningars Park in Bo'ness, which once pumped water out of the adjacent pit shaft in the 18th Century, & was later converted into a doocot (dovecote)

*Free family event!* tomorrow, Sat 28 Feb, 2-4pm - help @felscotland.bsky.social to wake the fruit trees! (At orchard by Kinneil Museum, open free 12.30-4pm as usual) 🌤️🎺
We'll also be there, offering a free short guided walk telling Kinneil's stories & explaining our work: come along!

The surviving Bridgeness colliery #coal staithe at low tide Bo’ness foreshore #MiningHeritage #MartimeHeritage