What is recorded here
Drinks are served in the Gatehouse of Balfour Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Perhaps the gatehouse still holds warmth from hands that clinked glasses inside its ancient walls. Maybe the stone remembers every toast spoken beneath its arch. Imagine the castle breathing life through each drink shared in its shadow.
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Balfour Castle in Orkney was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the Balfour family, a prominent Orcadian clan. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a small tower house and as a site associated with local history and heritage in the Orkney Islands.
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Photo: Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0