Linlithgow Palace: Song of the Stone

Stories of Scotland

Annie and Jenny

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Join Annie as she travels to Linlithgow Palace, the jewel of Scotland’s Early Modern crown. Annie speaks to Nicki Scott, Senior Cultural Significance Advisor at Historic Environment Scotland, who describes what Linlithgow Palace would have been like several centuries past. We learn about the monarchs who lived in this spectacular palace. From the Great Hall to the chamber where Mary Queen of Scots was born, we imagine the power of this palace when it was standing strong. Next, we meet Christa Gerdwilker, who is one of the leaders for High Level Masonry project currently underway across Historic Environment Scotland sites. Christa explains the cutting-edge inspections underway to protect the precious fabrics of Linlithgow and other historic buildings managed by Historic Environment Scotland. We get a behind-the-scenes glance into masonry conservation, and the increasingly important role conservators play in protecting historic buildings from the impact of climate change. How can we listen to the stones to understand how to save these monuments? What does it take to ensure Scotland’s built heritage can withstand the coming centuries? Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a special episode of Stories of Scotland.
0:16.0	It's Annie here and I'm visiting Linlithgow Palace to learn about the history of this fabulous building
0:24.6	and a little bit about the high-level masonry conservation work.
0:29.6	Lindelithgow Palace is an incredible monument, cared for by Historic Environment Scotland. I arrived one brisk November morning by a very short
0:42.1	train journey from Edinburgh. At the active site of Linlithgow Palace, I met two incredibly knowledgeable
0:50.9	heritage professionals who work for historic environment Scotland.
0:55.9	I interview them and they teach me about the palace, its history and it's masonry.
1:02.6	My favourite bit is when they teach me how to say Lyn Lithgow correctly.
1:08.0	This is an incredibly fun episode and I hope you enjoy it.
1:12.6	We cover some intriguing history of Linlithgow Palace and the monarchs who lived here
1:20.6	and also discuss some very big issues like climate heritage.
1:26.6	So I'll play these interviews and you can learn along with me about this fascinating building.
1:49.5	We're doing our interviews in the gift shop of Glendithgow.
1:58.9	I'm sat in between a stand for silver, Celtic-inspired jewellery and a big stack of Outlander books.
2:00.7	So please could you introduce yourself for the listeners?
2:04.3	Yeah, so I am Dr. Nicky Scott.
2:07.6	I am a very simply titled Senior Cultural Significance Advisor
2:13.6	in the Cultural Resources Team.
2:16.5	So I basically look after our statements of significance.
2:21.3	So that is a document that we have for every one of our 336 properties
2:26.3	that summarises what's important about it,
2:29.3	why we basically look after it and curate it and make sure it's still there for future generations.
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