What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
North Gaulton Castle was a 16th-century tower house built by the Gaulton family, a prominent Orcadian landholding family. It is remembered as an example of early Renaissance architecture in the Orkney Islands and reflects the region's historical ties to Scottish noble building traditions.
Places near here
Burn of SeltaSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 934 yd
MouslandFarmstead (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval) · 1498 yd
East BiggingBuilding (medieval) - (18th Century), Burnt Mound(s) (prehistoric) · 1.2 mi
Burn of LangadeeTreb Dyke (prehistoric) · 1.2 mi
Castle of YesnabyCastle, fort or tower · 1.2 mi
Peerie HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Black CraigMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Stromness War MemorialMemorial · 3.3 mi
Breckness WWII Coast Defence radar stationHeritage place · 3.3 mi
Skara BraeMidden (neolithic), Settlement (neolithic) · 3.4 mi
Beach by Skara Brae showing an Alternative ArchaeologyBeach · 3.5 mi
HamnavoeBay · 3.5 miOther information
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0