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Balfour Cottage

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Shapinsay
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Balfour Cottage is an earthwork in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 382091

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  • C Michael Hogan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Des Colhoun, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Aleks Scholz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graeme Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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