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West Lothian: Binny Craig to Linlithgow

A short drive in West Lothian. It starts at Binny Craig near Uphall and the House of the Binns, where Tam Dalyell is said to have played cards with the Devil, then goes to Linlithgow Palace and St Michael's Church, where a figure warned James IV before Flodden.

7 stops · about 13.2 km · allow roughly 2 hrs 45 min

  1. 1
    Folklore & legend
    Binny Craig, the Fairy Hill

    Binny Craig, near Uphall

  2. 2
    Hauntings
    The Boots, the Rider and the Monk at the Binns

    House of the Binns, near Linlithgow

  3. 3
    Folklore & legend
    Bluidy Tam and the Devil's Card Table

    House of the Binns, near Linlithgow

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The Lady in Blue of Linlithgow

    Linlithgow Palace and St Michael's Church

  5. 5
    Hauntings
    Queen Margaret Waiting in the Bower

    Queen Margaret's Bower, Linlithgow Palace

  6. 6
    Hauntings
    Mary of Guise and Mary Queen of Scots at Linlithgow

    Linlithgow Palace and its chapel

  7. 7
    Curses & omens
    The Warning to James IV in St Michael's Church

    St Michael's Church, Linlithgow

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