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)

Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays for indoor tours with #HistoricScotland, + a midday guided outdoor walk seeing some of #AntonineWall, & adjacent Kinneil Museum (free), featuring wider history of area, is also open #MuseumWeek: 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...

It’s the season for intensely-coloured foxgloves in Kinneil Woods - come and explore the estate’s many outdoor walks #johnmuirway #antoninewall #foxgloves

*Please note* no indoor/outdoor guided tours at Kinneil House tomorrow, Saturday 31 May, as estate sets up for annual car show on Sunday #HSClosure ~ Kinneil Museum will still open free as usual on Saturday afternoon, 12.30-4pm

One of the magnificently decorated interiors at Kinneil House near Bo’ness: with some of the most extensive and best-preserved wall and ceiling paintings to be found anywhere in Scotland. The house has origins dating back to the 1400s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Bo’ness

Fancy exploring the Roman Antonine Wall this summer? bonet.org.uk/2025/03/29/e...

Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays (NB not 31 May) for indoor tours with #historicscotland, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk: 👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k... #scottishcastles #visitscotland

🎬 Celebrate the Queens of Bo’ness Fair! 👑 Step into Bo'ness Hippodrome & relive years of Fair Day magic. A touching tribute to our town’s proud tradition – perfect for all ages! 🎟️ £5 adults | Kids FREE 📍 Bo’ness Hippodrome 💛 Fundraiser to support Fair Day 🎫 bit.ly/bfdfilm25

For #InternationalMuseumDay, Kinneil Museum’s old wooden collection ladle, inscribed ‘KL’, used for people of Kinneil, among oldest parishes and place names in Scotland - money was put in open end then collector tipped it to hide & slide coins into closed box next to handle

Prompt testimony of the notorious death of the 4th Duke of Hamilton - a significant figure in Kinneil House's story - in a duel in Hyde Park in 1712!

Great to see Kinneil House’s unique original 16th-Century wall paintings featuring as opening talk in yesterday/today’s ‘Material Scotland’ history conference @edinburghuni.bsky.social: thanks to organisers/speakers ~ Visit Kinneil to admire the paintings, open on Saturdays with Historic Scotland

Thank you to Bathgate & District Probus Club for invitation to give a talk about Kinneil today, and for kind donation afterwards to our funds. Would your group, society or club like a talk and/or tour? Just get in touch

Last week, Falkirk Councillors amended a proposed review process for disposal of some items in historic local public collections store, so as to give communities & heritage groups more say in that process www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

*Starts tonight!* & runs this week at Barony Theatre, Bo'ness - don't miss powerful drama inspired by Kinneil-themed true story & by people of Bo'ness... written by former Bo'ness Academy teacher, Sylvia Dow, and with actors from the town among its stars www.baronyplayers.co.uk/blinded-by-t...

During this period, around 1765, #JamesWatt also began his fruitful partnership with Dr John Roebuck (co-founder of Carron ironworks) at Kinneil House in Bo'ness on secret development and testing of prototypes of Watt's famous steam engine - leading later to their landmark patent of it in 1769

Kinneil House yesterday with new drifts of tulips🌷- open again for indoor tours, & free midday outdoor guided walk, tomorrow, Sat 3 May - come to see house & estate in spring, & free museum kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k... Also free kids' science event on Monday: see separate post! #historicscotland