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Linlithgow, High Street, Sheriff Court, Memorial

Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Linlithgow, High Street, Sheriff Court, Memorial

Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 49209

Site Number NT07NW 39

NGR NT 0014 7712

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49209

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Lothian
  • Parish Linlithgow
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District West Lothian
  • Former County West Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT07NW 39 0014 7712.

(NT 0014 7712) Regent Murray assassinated here 1570 (NAT).

OS 25" map (1856)

This is the spot where it is said that the Regent Murray fell on the 23rd January 1570, having been fired at by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh as he was passing in procession through the town.

Name Book 1856

A plaque, erected in 1875, on the front of the Sheriff Court states that the Regent Murray was killed 'oppisite this tablet'.

Visited by OS (BS) 22 March 1974

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