List of castles in Orkney
This is a list of castles in Orkney.
List
[edit]| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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| Balfour Castle | Historic house | 1847 | Occupied | Private | Shapinsay | Built around an earlier structure | 
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| Bishop's Palace | Tower house | 12th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Kirkwall | Restored in the 16th century, open to the public | 
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| Breckness Castle | Historic house | 1633 | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Stromness | Built by Bishop George Graham, the last bishop to build a house in Orkney | 
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| Cubbie Roo's Castle | Tower house | 1145 | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Wyre | Built by Kolbein Hruga, the earliest documented medieval stone castle in Scotland | 
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| Earl's Palace, Birsay | Palace | 16th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Birsay | Open to the public | 
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| Earl's Palace, Kirkwall | Fortified house | 17th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Kirkwall | Open to the public | 
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| Kirkwall Castle | Castle | 14th century | No remains | n/a | Kirkwall | Destroyed in 1614 | |
| Noltland Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Westray | Open to the public | 
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
- Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press
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