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"Below Kinneil House upon the coast was formely a castle named Castle Lyon. It was
built by a lady of the house of Glammis and was probably the jointure house of Lady M
-garet Lyon daughter of Lord Glamis and widow of John first Marquis of Hamilton. A
path leading from high ground towards the Shore still called Castle Loan
Some remains of a wall called Castle garden Wall indicate that the Site of Cast
Lyon was near the Snab." ----- New Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] Linlithgowshire page 130.

"Below the palace upon the coast which is now overflowed with the sea there was
formerly a castle called Castle Lyon which was built there by one of the ladies
a daughter of the house of Glammis." Sibbalds Hist [History] of Linlithgowshire page 18.

"Castlelyon which stood on the Shore of the Forth below Kinneil Castle is now over-
flowed by the Firth." ---- Sibbald quoted in Penney's Hist [History] of Linlithgowshire page 85.

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