. Antiquities of Great Britain, : illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. . londou Piri>fahedajtfieActdirecfj-)i2fevrjj#2,byW2r>rc^ .. The PALACE at LINLITHGOW PALAIS de LINLITHGOW. Is fituated upon a rifing ground on the north fide of the Lake, orLyn, from whence the Town of Linlithgow receives its name. Edward the Firft built a Caftle upon this fpot, where he chiefly refidedduring one winter; but in 1307, the year in which this Prince died,it was taken and demolished by a Scotfman, whofe name was Binny:yet the place appears to have been again in the po
. Antiquities of Great Britain, : illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. . londou Piri>fahedajtfieActdirecfj-)i2fevrjj#2,byW2r>rc^ .. The PALACE at LINLITHGOW PALAIS de LINLITHGOW. Is fituated upon a rifing ground on the north fide of the Lake, orLyn, from whence the Town of Linlithgow receives its name. Edward the Firft built a Caftle upon this fpot, where he chiefly refidedduring one winter; but in 1307, the year in which this Prince died,it was taken and demolished by a Scotfman, whofe name was Binny:yet the place appears to have been again in the poflefiion of the Englifhduring the reign of Edward the Third. > _ It is not known by whom the prefent Edifice was erected, but it isevident from its remains that it was much improved and confiderablyornamented by James the Fifth, who made it one of his places of refi-dence j fince which time it has remained a royal Palace, and was keptin repair till the year 1746, when, at the time it was in the poffemonof the Kings troops, the inner part of it was accidentally deftroyedby fire, and has not fince been reftored. The Print exhibits the eaft tideof the remains of this
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