Abercorn, General
Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Abercorn, General
Classification Village (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 213663
Site Number NT07NE 92
NGR NT 08077 78910
NGR Description Centred NT 08077 78910
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/213663
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Abercorn (West Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
ABERCORN
A hallowed spot, secluded in bosky privacy, Abercorn slumbers as a homely hamlet of Hopetoun. Here was a 7th-century monastery, seat of a bishopric 681-5 (for 200 years as a foundation belonging to Lindisfarne Priory). The kirk may occupy the site. A Grahame castle arose on the far bank of the Hope Burn but leaves only archaeological evidence. A tiny estate village, on the ancient coast road from Queensferry to Linlithgow, of cottages, houses, high walls, higher trees and - dominating everything - a substantial L-plan Scots revival manse, c.1855 (
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NT07NE 92 centred 08077 78910
NMRS PLANS:
I G Lindsay Collection P/19.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
