Best wishes for a Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters - here's hoping to take off to a better 2026 and future! 🎆🎉 [Photo credit: committee member Gordon Clark] #HappyNewYear2026

Wishing everyone a peaceful & merry Christmas 🎄, with thanks to our dedicated volunteers, members & all others who've supported us through a tough 2025! Dreaming of a white Christmas? Here's another view of Kinneil House when once it was a gleaming white colour with its lime harl #HistoricScotland

🎅Sign up for creative Christmas activities in Kinneil Museum this weekend! 🎄Children's Xmas decorations workshop, 10am Saturday & Sunday 🎄 Adults' Xmas wreath workshop, 11.30am or 1.30pm Saturday & Sunday Limited availability - book via www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/whats-on/we-...

More Kinneil House and Estate, Nov 2025

Share & listen to great new podcast - thanks & well done not only to producer @angelacasey.bsky.social, but also our founding Chair @adrianmahoney.bsky.social, who acted as local guide to estate's historic outdoor features & the under-threat Kinneil Museum open.spotify.com/episode/6xK4...

Near Kinneil House, Bo'ness. Nov 2025

*Have your say!* ~ Kinneil Woods felling plan next winter ~ + Plus new path/access proposals + Free drop-in consultations at Kinneil Museum: 📷 Session 1 - Sun 23 November, 12.30 – 2.30pm 📷 Session 2 - Weds 26 November. 12.30 – 2.30pm Or do online survey: greenactiontrust.org/kinneil-wood...

Thanks to the Falkirk Herald, Bo'ness Journal/Linlithgow Gazette & STVNews for covering recent Kinneil developments in detail: www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politic...

Come to our free talk tomorrow, Monday 17 November, 7.30pm: "James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran & Governor of Scotland: The best King we never had?" by historian Dr Amy Blakeway @standrewshist.bsky.social At: St Mary's RC Church Hall, Linlithgow Rd, Bo'ness EH51 0DP

The remains of the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall - the only example of an Antonine Wall fortlet which is still visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Kinneil #AntonineWall

We're disappointed by the approval yesterday by Falkirk Council’s Executive Committee of a proposed new 10-year ‘Masterplan’ for Kinneil Estate despite concerns about its flaws: kinneil.org.uk/2025/11/06/c...

Kinneil’s 350-year-old #WhiteLady takes her leave for another year 👻 after #Halloween 🎃 - to read her story, visit www.kinneil.org.uk/ghost #Halloween2025 #HistoricScotland

Falkirk Councillors are due to consider draft new 10-year strategic masterplan for Kinneil next Thursday - we think it doesn't stack up, lacks substance & needs more work, so are asking Councillors across parties not to sign it off: kinneil.org.uk/2025/10/29/n...

😍 #WestLothian #SpokesMap 2025 is here!! INFO--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/west... Launched by MP @kittysull1.bsky.social & Deputy Provost #PeterHeggie 🤩 See Special Offer [ends 31 Oct] @edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Great news about launch last weekend of new weekly #parkrun at Bo'ness & Kinneil foreshore - next event tomorrow! 👉 parkrun.org.uk/bonessforesh... It should bring many new/repeat visitors to discover area's remarkable setting & heritage (featured at kinneil.org.uk/nature-reser...) #parkrunuk

Thanks to #HistoricScotland, to the fabulous Antonine Guard & all other contributors & volunteers for Saturday’s free Roman #DoorsOpenDays at Kinneil - nearly 800 people saw inside Kinneil House & many more enjoying free activities in museum & outdoors including our guided walks

Romans return to Kinneil this Saturday, 27 September! Free #HistoricScotland open day as part of #DoorsOpenDays - joined by fabulous Antonine Guard: come along & see their encampment on the Antonine Wall #WorldHeritageSite, & join activities 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/16/f... @antoninewall.bsky.social

I've seen plenty of aberrant plumaged Carrion Crows over the years, but I'm sure that they have all been black/white or black/grey (when Hoodie hybrids), which made this 1 at Kinneil LNR the other day all the more noticeable #BirdingScotland @kinneil.bsky.social

Roman-themed fun this weekend at Kinneil House near Bo'ness, right next to the Antonine Wall. @kinneil.bsky.social www.falkirkherald.co.uk/whats-on/thi...

Romans return to Kinneil this Saturday, 27 September! Free #HistoricScotland open day as part of #DoorsOpenDays - joined by fabulous Antonine Guard: come along & see their encampment on the Antonine Wall #WorldHeritageSite, & join activities 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/16/f... @antoninewall.bsky.social

Fatally wounded & highest-ranking casualty during defeat by Jacobites at Battle of Prestonpans 280 years ago #OTD, 21 September 1745 - Colonel James Gardiner, of 13th Dragoons - born 1687 at Burnfoot, Carriden, just East of Bo'ness & remembered in plaque at Carriden Kirk this morning

We’ve had a wonderful day out!We started at the Barony Theatre watching the RSNO perform live and listening to the story of ‘Yoyo and The Little Auk”.We then went to Kinneil woods and took time to slow down and explore in nature.R remembered how to identify brambles and we found some oak trees too!

This weekend (6/7 September) don't miss spectacle of historic Bo'ness Hill Climb motor-racing event + (on Sunday) Classic Car Show! *NB!* both Kinneil House & Museum will be closed for event, & with no indoor/outdoor guided tours 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/02/k... #historicscotland #motorracing

Church on Sunday ✝️ … Spotted this summer in Panes, Asturias, Spain - Romanesque Church of St John of Ciliergo, with uncanny likeness to Kinneil Kirk & from similar period: ruined in Spanish Civil War, recently restored by local council #historicscotland #celticconnections

*Please note*: regrettably our usual volunteer-led free outdoor guided walk at Kinneil at midday this Saturday, 30 August, & next Saturday, 6 September, will not take place due to other activities & events taking place - sincere apologies - next free guided walk will be Saturday 13 September

No. 80105 steam locomotive approaches Kinneil Halt, Bo'ness, Scotland. On Saturday 23 August 2025. #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #visitscotlandfeature #visitscotland #visitfalkirk #canonphotography #eosr7 #rf100500

Visit Kinneil today 🏰 ⛅️ ! The house is *open* on Saturdays for indoor tours, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk: 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

Kinneil House's 16/17C wall paintings said to be finest from period of any Scottish house & among best in Britain: the 'Parable' room, once powerful ex-Regent Arran's presence chamber, depicts Good Samaritan story & is visitor highlight - come for Saturday tours kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

Kinneil foreshore and island made from colliery waste on the site of the bing and lagoons now public open space and local nature reserve #Coal #MiningLandscape #MiningHeritage

Kinneil House in one of earliest known paintings of it, by William Woolard. Anyone know any earlier, or other local Woolard scenes? 📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k... More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...

Kinneil House's 16/17C wall paintings said to be finest from period of any Scottish house & among best in Britain: the 'Parable' room, once powerful ex-Regent Arran's presence chamber, depicts Good Samaritan story & is visitor highlight - come for Saturday tours kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

We kind of guessed that the lumps of #pottery often with a intriguing thumb and forefinger print that litter Bo’ness foreshore (West Lothian) held a utensil now thanks to former project volunteer Kerry we now know what - firing cup/jug handles #industrialheritage

Join us for a walk through at Kinneil Estate. Learn more about the work we're doing with Falkirk Council to develop a management plan for the Woodland and share your ideas. In person: 2 August, 11:00 – 13:00: bit.ly/3GZEutW Online consultation until 3 August: bit.ly/41hh1uW

Do you enjoy Kinneil Woods? Want to have a say on latest plans for major tree felling and re-planting? Fill out quick survey & provide your views (deadline 3 August) &/or register for free walk this Saturday morning to discuss further with managers kinneil.org.uk/2025/07/24/g...

Kinneil House in one of earliest known paintings of it, by William Woolard. Anyone know any earlier, or other local Woolard scenes? 📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k... More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...

*Speak up!* on new draft 10-year Kinneil Masterplan from Falkirk Council - lacking firm commitments & undermined at outset by Council's museum closure proposal: we're asking for joint future strategy with #HistoricScotland for viable national historic attraction kinneil.org.uk/2025/07/08/h...

Tony Marsh was born #OnThisDay in ’31 & raced 4 #F1 GPs for Cooper & Lotus in ’57, ’58 & ’61. He was a big star of the #BritishHillclimbChampionship, winning it a record 6 times. Pic: Marsh in his ex-Jo Bonnier BRM P48, lifting an inside rear wheel at Bo’ness Hillclimb in ’66.

I see your "edge of empire" and raise you the entrance to the small Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall at Kinneil. The most northerly gate into the Roman Empire :) #RomanFortThursday

*Speak up!* on new draft 10-year Kinneil Masterplan from Falkirk Council - lacking firm commitments & undermined at outset by Council's museum closure proposal: we're asking for joint future strategy with #HistoricScotland for viable national historic attraction kinneil.org.uk/2025/07/08/h...

Could you help with this survey about public engagement around Roman sites in Scotland? Looking forward to welcoming researcher to Kinneil on the Antonine Wall later in month, & further discussion on the topic: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/roman-...

Have your say! We’re working on a management plan for Kinneil Estate Woodland with Falkirk Council. We want to hear from visitors about how you use the site & what could make it an even better place for people and wildlife. Share your thoughts and find out more: greenactiontrust.org/kinneil-esta...

Find the highly creative Fair Arches around Bo'ness, from this evening (Fair E'en) and through the weekend! Map here: 🔎 bit.ly/bfdarches25 @bonessfair.bsky.social [ www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/... ]

The fabulous, historic annual Bo'ness Fair @bonessfair.bsky.social is tomorrow! Very best wishes to Queen Elect Sophie, all her retinue at Kinneil Primary School & all others involved as excitement builds to coronation of 117th Fair Queen! 👉 www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/...

Falkirk Council's dismal proposal to pull out of Kinneil Museum & stop providing facilities for visitors to Kinneil from Spring 2026 gained front-page & inside coverage in local paper - thanks to Falkirk Herald group for invite to comment. Read online at www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politic...

War memorial. Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire. Commemorating William, Second Duke of Hamilton. Died of wounds received at the Battle of Worcester, during the English Civil Wars, 12th September, 1651. #LestWeForget

The POD explored Kinneil Woods this morning where we were very curious about everything we could see and hear! S: “big stick” A: “birds tweet tweet”

Wildlife from Kinneil Woods, Bo'ness

Did you know Kinneil House was once a gleaming white? Old postcard for #ThrowbackThursday gives some impression of how differently it might look with its now mostly lost (but some traces survive) white harling! Discover the house on Saturdays for an indoor/outdoor tour kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

When #JamesWatt packed up his Kinneil engine and left Scotland in 1774, this was where he was headed to begin new partnership venture - at that time one of most advanced factories in the world: read story in our 2024 blog post here 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2024/05/27/2...

#ReliefWednesday The Bridgeness Distance Slab, carved in the AD140s, marked the eastern end of the Antonine Wall, Rome's most northerly frontier. A dedicatory inscription is flanked by two reliefs which juxtapose military carnage and peaceful piety. (1/3)