Courtyard, fountain, view from south west Digital image of D 62918 CN

Description Courtyard, fountain, view from south west Digital image of D 62918 CN

Date 4/4/2000

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 800005

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 62918 CN

Scope and Content King's Fountain, Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, from south-west This view from the south-west, taken in 2000, shows the King's Fountain in the courtyard, built in the 1530s for James V, with a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance motifs, and surmounted by an imperial crown. It was reconstructed in the 1930s under the supervision of J S Richardson. The Union of the Crowns in 1603 meant that the palace ceased to be a regular royal residence. It was kept in reasonable repair, but was set on fire by Government troops withdrawing after Culloden in 1746, and was never repaired. The ruins have been kept in good order since the early 19th century. Now in the care of Historic Scotland, it is open to the public. Linlithgow Palace occupies the site of a wooden castle of the late 13th century, but the oldest part of the present complex was not built until about 1400. The palace had taken its present form by the mid-16th century, but the north range collapsed in the early 17th century, and was rebuilt in 1618-33. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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