{"id":249,"date":"2018-08-07T14:04:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guard-archaeology.co.uk\/wordpress1\/?p=249"},"modified":"2018-08-28T12:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:44:36","slug":"opportunity-to-dig-linlithgows-medieval-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Digging Linlithgow&#8217;s medieval past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_250\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\" wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GUARD-Archaeology-Community-test-pits3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GUARD-Archaeology-Community-test-pits3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GUARD-Archaeology-Community-test-pits3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GUARD-Archaeology-Community-test-pits3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GUARD-Archaeology-Community-test-pits3-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digging an archaeological test pit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Buried beneath the back gardens of Linlithgow High Street may be objects or archaeological remains from Linlithgow\u2019s medieval past. A new plan is underway to find out more about this hidden heritage, part of an overall project funded and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, LEADER and West Lothian Council. Volunteers will soon be participating in this investigation, playing an important part in digging up their town\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Digging will take place, over the weekend of 14\u201316th September 2018. The test pits will measure 1 m by 1 m and will be in selected back gardens of Linlithgow\u2019s High Street. The work will be supervised by experienced archaeologists from GUARD Archaeology, who will guide and train each volunteer in hand excavation, finds discovery and identification, recording of discoveries and dating of artefacts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_251\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-251\" src=\"https:\/\/guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Linlithgow-from-the-air-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Linlithgow-from-the-air-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Linlithgow-from-the-air-624x467.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Linlithgow-from-the-air.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linlithgow from the air<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The medieval burgh of Linlithgow is first recorded in the reign of David I (1124-53), when the king granted the \u2018church of Linlidcu with chapels and lands inside the burgh and outside, and all rights pertaining to the foresaid church\u2019 to St Andrews Cathedral in 1140 or 1141.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The burgh was a long single street, the High Street, forming part of the route westwards from Edinburgh to Stirling and Glasgow, with a shorter arm, Kirkgate, leading northwards to the royal palace and the parish church,\u2019 said Iraia Arabaolaza from GUARD Archaeology. \u2018This is an exciting way to find out more about Linlithgow\u2019s history from the core of its medieval town.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are really excited to be working with GUARD Archaeology to find out what is underneath the streets of Linlithgow,\u2019 added Stuart Kennedy from Linlithgow Heritage Trust. \u2018This project is an important part of the lead up to the Museum reopening in 2019 and becoming a real community focused space.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_255\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255\" class=\" wp-image-255\" src=\"https:\/\/guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4977_Linlithgow_logo_banner-300x77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4977_Linlithgow_logo_banner-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4977_Linlithgow_logo_banner-768x196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4977_Linlithgow_logo_banner-624x160.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.guard-archaeology.co.uk\/GALNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4977_Linlithgow_logo_banner.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the project is funded by the organisations above<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Buried beneath the back gardens of Linlithgow High Street may be objects or archaeological remains from Linlithgow\u2019s medieval past. 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