Sunday, October 23, 2011

Castle fieldtrip continued

walking up to Linlithgow Palace (front left), front right is St. Michael's Church


St. Michael's church, built around the same time as the Palace


The things on the side of the building are supposed to look like defenses, but they actually do nothing.

This was the original entrance. Each king that lived here changed a part of the Palace. One of them changed the entrance to make people go though the town to get to the Palace.



People think that the empty capsels on the sides just above the door had statues of Saints in them and were taken down during the Reformation





Note the fireplace in the upper middle part of this wall. There were 3 floors here at one point.


The king actually slept here, in a "closet" off his chamber room.







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