| P number: | P001200 |
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| Old photograph number: | D05076 |
| Caption: | Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, situated on a promontory on the south side of Linlithgow Loch. Taken from the edge of farm track close to minor road, south of the M9 motorway. Looking south-west. |
| Description: | Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, situated on a promontory on the south side of Linlithgow Loch. Taken from the edge of farm track close to minor road, south of the M9 motorway. Looking south-west. The underlying rocks are basaltic lavas of the Bathgate Hills Volcanic Formation. The loch is probably a kettle hole, located over a former drift-filled channel of the River Avon while the palace itself is located on a landscaped kame. A kame is a landform of glacial deposition, it is a low mound or hummock composed of bedded sand and gravels formed at the margin of a melting glacier. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1994 |
| Photographer: | McTaggart, F.I. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 300900 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 677900 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 292.80 KB; 787 x 1000 pixels; 67 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 208 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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