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SITE OF BATHGATE CASTLE (continued)

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"There is little of historical interest connected with this parish. The barony of Bathgate formed part
of the dower of Marjory Bruce, "the lass who brought the sceptre into the Stewarts' house". A castle on it
situate in the low grounds south of the town which must have been a morass was from this date occasionally
inhabited by the royal family. Here Walter Stewart himself died in 1328. Hardly a vestige even of the
foundation of the Castle is now to be discovered. Kitchen utensils of brass have however sometimes been
found about it, and coffins formed of flat stones have been torn up by the plough in the neighbouring
grounds."
"Some remains of the Causeways by which access was obtained to the Castle through this morass
still exist." New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] of Co. [County] Linlithgow page 157.

"Some traces of the castle which once secured the great family of Stewart of Scotland
who married Marjory Bruce, "The lass who brought the Sceptre to the Stewarts' house," may still
be seen in the middle of a morass near Bathgate." Penny's Linlithgow, Copied apparently
from Chalmer's Caledonia.