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BalfourBalfour is the sole village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, standing on the shore of Elwick Bay. A car ferry to Kirkwall sails from a pier at the harbour. The village has a harbour, with mock defensive walls built at the same time as the castle in the nineteenth century. David Balfour, the laird who had the castle and the walls built, began the work after 1846 when he inherited the estate. (Read more) |
