Cockleroy, 'wallace's Bed'
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Cockleroy, 'wallace's Bed'
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 47933
Site Number NS97SE 29
NGR NS 9892 7442
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47933
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 29 9892 7442
(NS 9894 7440) Wallace's Bed (NR)
OS 6" map (1856)
This feature is a small cavity in some surface rocks, within the fort on the summit of Cockleroy (NS97SE 9). It is about 7' long, 2' wide and 3' deep, open at the S end. William Wallace is said to have rested here.
Name Book 1856.
NS 9892 7442. A small cleft in a S facing rock face.
Visited by OS (JP) 20 August 1974.
