Binny Craig, near Ecclesmachan, West Lothian. Picture: Getty THE Bathgate Hills are steeped in stories. This corner of West Lothian – stretching from Linlithgow in the north, to Bathgate in the south and Uphall in the east – may not be as well-known or lauded as some other Scottish landscapes, yet it is filled with beauty, rich history and folklore. Among its striking landmarks is Binny Craig, the impressive crag-and-tail landform – a volcanic sill – that you see in the accompanying photograph. If you squint your eyes, it looks like a lion s head. Binny Craig, near Ecclesmachan, is a legacy from the last Ice Age with its crag of hard rock facing west and sloping tail of sedimentary rock and fertile farmland to the east. It proffers superb views across the Firth of Forth, as well as surrounding West Lothian, Edinburgh and the Pentland Hills.
Updated: December 12 2020, 9.53am
The Stone of Scone - the Scottish Stone of Destiny - which went missing from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950 - being removed from Arbroath Abbey.
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Seventy years after four Scottish students “liberated” the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey and took it back to Scotland,
Michael Alexander examines the legacy which the ringleaders described as a symbolic show of national pride.