Balfour

Balfour is a Village in the county of Orkney Islands.

Balfour postcode: KW17 2DX

Retail in Balfour

There are great places to visit near Balfour.

Balfour History

There are some historic monuments around Balfour:

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