Friends of Kinneil
@kinneil.bsky.social
The Friends of Kinneil are a group promoting historic Kinneil House, Museum, Estate and Nature Reserve in Bo’ness. Get the full info at www.kinneil.org
Come to our free talk tomorrow, Monday 17 November, 7.30pm: "James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran & Governor of Scotland: The best King we never had?" by historian Dr Amy Blakeway @standrewshist.bsky.social
At: St Mary's RC Church Hall, Linlithgow Rd, Bo'ness EH51 0DP
At: St Mary's RC Church Hall, Linlithgow Rd, Bo'ness EH51 0DP
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Come to our free talk tomorrow, Monday 17 November, 7.30pm: "James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran & Governor of Scotland: The best King we never had?" by historian Dr Amy Blakeway @standrewshist.bsky.social
At: St Mary's RC Church Hall, Linlithgow Rd, Bo'ness EH51 0DP
At: St Mary's RC Church Hall, Linlithgow Rd, Bo'ness EH51 0DP
Kinneil’s 350-year-old #WhiteLady takes her leave for another year 👻 after #Halloween 🎃 - to read her story, visit www.kinneil.org.uk/ghost
#Halloween2025 #HistoricScotland
#Halloween2025 #HistoricScotland
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Kinneil’s 350-year-old #WhiteLady takes her leave for another year 👻 after #Halloween 🎃 - to read her story, visit www.kinneil.org.uk/ghost
#Halloween2025 #HistoricScotland
#Halloween2025 #HistoricScotland
Great news about launch last weekend of new weekly
#parkrun at Bo'ness & Kinneil foreshore - next event tomorrow!
👉 parkrun.org.uk/bonessforesh...
It should bring many new/repeat visitors to discover area's remarkable setting & heritage (featured at kinneil.org.uk/nature-reser...) #parkrunuk
#parkrun at Bo'ness & Kinneil foreshore - next event tomorrow!
👉 parkrun.org.uk/bonessforesh...
It should bring many new/repeat visitors to discover area's remarkable setting & heritage (featured at kinneil.org.uk/nature-reser...) #parkrunuk
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Great news about launch last weekend of new weekly
#parkrun at Bo'ness & Kinneil foreshore - next event tomorrow!
👉 parkrun.org.uk/bonessforesh...
It should bring many new/repeat visitors to discover area's remarkable setting & heritage (featured at kinneil.org.uk/nature-reser...) #parkrunuk
#parkrun at Bo'ness & Kinneil foreshore - next event tomorrow!
👉 parkrun.org.uk/bonessforesh...
It should bring many new/repeat visitors to discover area's remarkable setting & heritage (featured at kinneil.org.uk/nature-reser...) #parkrunuk
Thanks to #HistoricScotland, to the fabulous Antonine Guard & all other contributors & volunteers for Saturday’s free Roman #DoorsOpenDays at Kinneil - nearly 800 people saw inside Kinneil House & many more enjoying free activities in museum & outdoors including our guided walks
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thanks to #HistoricScotland, to the fabulous Antonine Guard & all other contributors & volunteers for Saturday’s free Roman #DoorsOpenDays at Kinneil - nearly 800 people saw inside Kinneil House & many more enjoying free activities in museum & outdoors including our guided walks
Fatally wounded & highest-ranking casualty during defeat by Jacobites at Battle of Prestonpans 280 years ago #OTD, 21 September 1745 - Colonel James Gardiner, of 13th Dragoons - born 1687 at Burnfoot, Carriden, just East of Bo'ness & remembered in plaque at Carriden Kirk this morning
September 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fatally wounded & highest-ranking casualty during defeat by Jacobites at Battle of Prestonpans 280 years ago #OTD, 21 September 1745 - Colonel James Gardiner, of 13th Dragoons - born 1687 at Burnfoot, Carriden, just East of Bo'ness & remembered in plaque at Carriden Kirk this morning
This weekend (6/7 September) don't miss spectacle of historic Bo'ness Hill Climb motor-racing event + (on Sunday) Classic Car Show! *NB!* both Kinneil House & Museum will be closed for event, & with no indoor/outdoor guided tours
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/02/k...
#historicscotland #motorracing
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/02/k...
#historicscotland #motorracing
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This weekend (6/7 September) don't miss spectacle of historic Bo'ness Hill Climb motor-racing event + (on Sunday) Classic Car Show! *NB!* both Kinneil House & Museum will be closed for event, & with no indoor/outdoor guided tours
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/02/k...
#historicscotland #motorracing
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/09/02/k...
#historicscotland #motorracing
Church on Sunday ✝️ … Spotted this summer in Panes, Asturias, Spain - Romanesque Church of St John of Ciliergo, with uncanny likeness to Kinneil Kirk & from similar period: ruined in Spanish Civil War, recently restored by local council #historicscotland #celticconnections
August 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Church on Sunday ✝️ … Spotted this summer in Panes, Asturias, Spain - Romanesque Church of St John of Ciliergo, with uncanny likeness to Kinneil Kirk & from similar period: ruined in Spanish Civil War, recently restored by local council #historicscotland #celticconnections
*Please note*: regrettably our usual volunteer-led free outdoor guided walk at Kinneil at midday this Saturday, 30 August, & next Saturday, 6 September, will not take place due to other activities & events taking place - sincere apologies - next free guided walk will be Saturday 13 September
August 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
*Please note*: regrettably our usual volunteer-led free outdoor guided walk at Kinneil at midday this Saturday, 30 August, & next Saturday, 6 September, will not take place due to other activities & events taking place - sincere apologies - next free guided walk will be Saturday 13 September
Visit Kinneil today 🏰 ⛅️ ! The house is *open* on Saturdays for indoor tours, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
August 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Visit Kinneil today 🏰 ⛅️ ! The house is *open* on Saturdays for indoor tours, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Kinneil House's 16/17C wall paintings said to be finest from period of any Scottish house & among best in Britain: the 'Parable' room, once powerful ex-Regent Arran's presence chamber, depicts Good Samaritan story & is visitor highlight - come for Saturday tours kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Kinneil House's 16/17C wall paintings said to be finest from period of any Scottish house & among best in Britain: the 'Parable' room, once powerful ex-Regent Arran's presence chamber, depicts Good Samaritan story & is visitor highlight - come for Saturday tours kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Kinneil House in one of earliest known paintings of it, by William Woolard. Anyone know any earlier, or other local Woolard scenes?
📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...
📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...
July 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Kinneil House in one of earliest known paintings of it, by William Woolard. Anyone know any earlier, or other local Woolard scenes?
📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...
📣Visit on Saturdays for regular indoor/outdoor guided tours👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
More on Woolard's pictures of Kinneil: ➡️ kinneil.org.uk/2024/11/21/v...
Could you help with this survey about public engagement around Roman sites in Scotland? Looking forward to welcoming researcher to Kinneil on the Antonine Wall later in month, & further discussion on the topic:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/roman-...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/roman-...
July 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Could you help with this survey about public engagement around Roman sites in Scotland? Looking forward to welcoming researcher to Kinneil on the Antonine Wall later in month, & further discussion on the topic:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/roman-...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/roman-...
Falkirk Council's dismal proposal to pull out of Kinneil Museum & stop providing facilities for visitors to Kinneil from Spring 2026 gained front-page & inside coverage in local paper - thanks to Falkirk Herald group for invite to comment. Read online at www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politic...
June 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Falkirk Council's dismal proposal to pull out of Kinneil Museum & stop providing facilities for visitors to Kinneil from Spring 2026 gained front-page & inside coverage in local paper - thanks to Falkirk Herald group for invite to comment. Read online at www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politic...
Did you know Kinneil House was once a gleaming white? Old postcard for #ThrowbackThursday gives some impression of how differently it might look with its now mostly lost (but some traces survive) white harling!
Discover the house on Saturdays for an indoor/outdoor tour kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Discover the house on Saturdays for an indoor/outdoor tour kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Did you know Kinneil House was once a gleaming white? Old postcard for #ThrowbackThursday gives some impression of how differently it might look with its now mostly lost (but some traces survive) white harling!
Discover the house on Saturdays for an indoor/outdoor tour kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Discover the house on Saturdays for an indoor/outdoor tour kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays for indoor tours with #HistoricScotland, + a midday guided outdoor walk seeing some of #AntonineWall, & adjacent Kinneil Museum (free), featuring wider history of area, is also open #MuseumWeek:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
June 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays for indoor tours with #HistoricScotland, + a midday guided outdoor walk seeing some of #AntonineWall, & adjacent Kinneil Museum (free), featuring wider history of area, is also open #MuseumWeek:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
It’s the season for intensely-coloured foxgloves in Kinneil Woods - come and explore the estate’s many outdoor walks #johnmuirway #antoninewall #foxgloves
June 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It’s the season for intensely-coloured foxgloves in Kinneil Woods - come and explore the estate’s many outdoor walks #johnmuirway #antoninewall #foxgloves
*Please note* no indoor/outdoor guided tours at Kinneil House tomorrow, Saturday 31 May, as estate sets up for annual car show on Sunday #HSClosure
~ Kinneil Museum will still open free as usual on Saturday afternoon, 12.30-4pm
~ Kinneil Museum will still open free as usual on Saturday afternoon, 12.30-4pm
May 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
*Please note* no indoor/outdoor guided tours at Kinneil House tomorrow, Saturday 31 May, as estate sets up for annual car show on Sunday #HSClosure
~ Kinneil Museum will still open free as usual on Saturday afternoon, 12.30-4pm
~ Kinneil Museum will still open free as usual on Saturday afternoon, 12.30-4pm
Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays (NB not 31 May) for indoor tours with #historicscotland, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
#scottishcastles #visitscotland
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
#scottishcastles #visitscotland
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays (NB not 31 May) for indoor tours with #historicscotland, plus a free midday guided outdoor walk:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
#scottishcastles #visitscotland
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
#scottishcastles #visitscotland
Kinneil Museum features the remarkable wider heritage of Bo’ness & nearby area - open daily except Tuesdays, 12.30-4pm, free, but under threat of closure next year by Falkirk Council who own the building & historic local collections, & manage the museum & estate - visit soon!
May 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Kinneil Museum features the remarkable wider heritage of Bo’ness & nearby area - open daily except Tuesdays, 12.30-4pm, free, but under threat of closure next year by Falkirk Council who own the building & historic local collections, & manage the museum & estate - visit soon!
For #InternationalMuseumDay, Kinneil Museum’s old wooden collection ladle, inscribed ‘KL’, used for people of Kinneil, among oldest parishes and place names in Scotland - money was put in open end then collector tipped it to hide & slide coins into closed box next to handle
May 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For #InternationalMuseumDay, Kinneil Museum’s old wooden collection ladle, inscribed ‘KL’, used for people of Kinneil, among oldest parishes and place names in Scotland - money was put in open end then collector tipped it to hide & slide coins into closed box next to handle
Another good later talk by historian Maria Hayward @unisouthampton.bsky.social about fashionable Edinburgh merchant Robert Blackwood also mentioned 17th/18th-Century Duchess Anne Hamilton who later embellished Kinneil House - her tastes in fabrics and shopping
May 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another good later talk by historian Maria Hayward @unisouthampton.bsky.social about fashionable Edinburgh merchant Robert Blackwood also mentioned 17th/18th-Century Duchess Anne Hamilton who later embellished Kinneil House - her tastes in fabrics and shopping
Great to see Kinneil House’s unique original 16th-Century wall paintings featuring as opening talk in yesterday/today’s ‘Material Scotland’ history conference @edinburghuni.bsky.social: thanks to organisers/speakers ~
Visit Kinneil to admire the paintings, open on Saturdays with Historic Scotland
Visit Kinneil to admire the paintings, open on Saturdays with Historic Scotland
May 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Great to see Kinneil House’s unique original 16th-Century wall paintings featuring as opening talk in yesterday/today’s ‘Material Scotland’ history conference @edinburghuni.bsky.social: thanks to organisers/speakers ~
Visit Kinneil to admire the paintings, open on Saturdays with Historic Scotland
Visit Kinneil to admire the paintings, open on Saturdays with Historic Scotland
Thank you to Bathgate & District Probus Club for invitation to give a talk about Kinneil today, and for kind donation afterwards to our funds. Would your group, society or club like a talk and/or tour? Just get in touch
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thank you to Bathgate & District Probus Club for invitation to give a talk about Kinneil today, and for kind donation afterwards to our funds. Would your group, society or club like a talk and/or tour? Just get in touch
Kinneil House yesterday with new drifts of tulips🌷- open again for indoor tours, & free midday outdoor guided walk, tomorrow, Sat 3 May - come to see house & estate in spring, & free museum kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Also free kids' science event on Monday: see separate post!
#historicscotland
Also free kids' science event on Monday: see separate post!
#historicscotland
May 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Kinneil House yesterday with new drifts of tulips🌷- open again for indoor tours, & free midday outdoor guided walk, tomorrow, Sat 3 May - come to see house & estate in spring, & free museum kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
Also free kids' science event on Monday: see separate post!
#historicscotland
Also free kids' science event on Monday: see separate post!
#historicscotland
Visit Kinneil House tomorrow, with added free Easter activities! Or join traditional outdoor early morning Easter service, at 8am on Sunday at Kinneil Kirk – all welcome, at a place of worship for only around 1,500 years...
🐣👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/15/e...
Here's an Easter dawn over the house🌄
🐣👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/15/e...
Here's an Easter dawn over the house🌄
April 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Visit Kinneil House tomorrow, with added free Easter activities! Or join traditional outdoor early morning Easter service, at 8am on Sunday at Kinneil Kirk – all welcome, at a place of worship for only around 1,500 years...
🐣👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/15/e...
Here's an Easter dawn over the house🌄
🐣👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/15/e...
Here's an Easter dawn over the house🌄