This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. A stone arrowhead was found at the summit.
Bathgate was once part of Cumbria and it's name means Wood of the Boar
Built in around the 12th century Bathgate Castle was the head residence of the barony of Bathgate. The castle was part of the dowry of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, upon her marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland in 1314. Walter died there in 1327, and the castle appears to have been abandoned afterwards. The remains of the castle are located within Bathgate golf course.
This mine was opened in the early 1600s by a man looking for coal, and re-opened in the 1700s. The site was commandeered by the Crown in 1608, as the vein of silver that ran through was of such purity. It is believed that the silver from this mine was used in the manufacture of the Scottish Crown Jewels or "Honours of Scotland", which are on display within Edinburgh Castle.
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John Fleming FRSE FRS FSA (10 January 1785 – 18 November 1857) was a Scottish Free Church minister, naturalist, zoologist and geologist. He named and described a number of species of molluscs. During his life he tried to reconcile theology with science. Fleming Fjord in Greenland was named after him.
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About 150 years ago it is told that witches danced around the Galabraes Stone
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Ice-cream and cholera? What's the connection?
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On the morning of the 9th November 1979, Dechmont Wood was the site of a very unusual encounter known as the ‘Robert Taylor’ incident
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Cairnpapple is a amazing ceremonial site. It's earliest evidence is six hearths dating from about 5,500 years ago. Cairnpapple sits in a dramatic position in the Bathgate Hills, in central Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site over about 4000 years.
Around 330 million years ago, West Lothian was situated close to the Equator in shallow seas on the edge of an enormous continent known as Euramerica. The area changed over time, moving from coral seas, to sandy deltas, to murky lagoons, to swampy forests ... Then came many volcanic eruptions creating the landscape we see today.
This very important fossil, affectionately known as ‘Lizzie', could be the earliest known reptile. She is believed to be around 345 million years old! She was found in East Kirkton Quarry, Bathgate in Scotland in the 1980s and is now on show in the National Museum of Scotland.
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