Balfour
Balfour is a Village in the county of Orkney Islands.
Balfour postcode: KW17 2DX
There are great places to visit near Balfour.
Balfour History
There are some historic monuments around Balfour:
- Knowe of Dishero, broch 200m SSW of The Old Manse, Gorseness Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1453
- Langskaill,Viking houses Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement SM2181
- Sweyn's Castle,burnt mound ESE of Skelbist,Gairsay Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1395
- Hall of Rendall, settlement 275m NE of and St Thomas's Kirk Ecclesiastical: church; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1420
- St Mary's Chapel, Wyre Ecclesiastical: chapel SM90317
- Broch of Lingro, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1461
- Pickaquoy,burnt mound & settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM4346
- Mor Stein or Standing Stone of Shapinsay Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1323
- Grain Earth House and Grainbank, two souterrains, Hatston Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM90154
- Geord of Nears, cairn 90m SW of Cairn House, Rousay Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1269
- Hawell, burnt mound 105m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1273
- South Aittit, church 185m NE of Ecclesiastical: church SM1486
- Unyatuak,mound 180m W of Bonnyhill,Monquhanny Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1407
- Head of Work,long cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM1274
- Hillocks of Garth, burial mounds 70m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1276
- Taversoe Tuick, chambered cairn and nearby remains Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM90297
- Skirmie Clett, enclosures 740m SE of Onziebust, Wyre Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3864
- Earl's Palace, Kirkwall Secular: palace SM90194
- Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall Secular: palace SM90193
- Car Ness Battery,Car Ness 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM3249
- The Hillock,broch 500m NNW of Ness of Ork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1447
- Hillock of Garth, cairn 900m S of Garth Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1277
- Cobbie Row's Castle Secular: castle SM90079
- Hillock of Howe,broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1328
- Linton, chapel & graveyard 140m ENE of, Shapinsay Ecclesiastical: chapel SM1482
- Ness of Boray,broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1442
- Bay of Meil, chapel 250m W of Holland Ecclesiastical: chapel SM2438
- Skelbust,chambered cairn 460m NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1340
- Helliar Holm,chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1275
