SITE MENU Contact Index CASTLES A-Z List List by Regions Featured Castles Clan connections Stay in a Castle Wedding Venues Private Tours Self Drive Tours TRAVEL Destinations Travel Tips Car Rental B&Bs Hotels Self Catering Special Offers Hostels Brochures Gardens Islands Outdoor Activities Standing Stones SHOPPING Books Castle Videos Gifts Music Photos & Posters Videos SCOTLAND Genealogy News & Magazines Property Relocation & Jobs E-Postcards		The Castles of Orkney and Shetland Scotland Alphabetical List with Links Balfour Castle (Isle of Shapinsay, Orkney) 19 - My page Bishop's Palace (Kirkwall, Orkney) 12 T My page Cobbie Row (Orkney) 12 O Earl's Palace (Kirkwall, Orkney) 17 E My page Kirkwall (Orkney) 14 - Langskaill (Orkney) 16 C Muness (Shetland) 16 Z Built in 1598 by Lawrence Bruce. The most northerly castle in the country. Noltland (Orkney) 16 Z Scalloway (Shetland) 17 L Classification of castles by code letter: T towers and tower houses (mainly around 1540-1680) K simple keeps (14th and early 15th century) KK developed keeps including chambers and courtyards (from around 1400-1540) E E-plan tower houses featuring more than one wing (16th and 17th centuries) L L-plan tower houses featuring a main block and one wing (16th and 17th centuries) Z Z-plan tower houses featuring 2 corner towers situated obliquely opposite each other (16th and 17th centuries) O walled enclosures (mainly 12th and 13th century) C reasonably important castles built around a central courtyard h 18th century tower houses V castles of unusual plan m much modified or modernised castellated structures Travel & Tours The Internet Guide to Scotland provides online info about Travel - Transport - Accommodation - Sightseeing - Weddings. Scotland Made Easy Self drive tours with a customised itinerary to suit your interests (e.g. castles, distilleries, standing stones). Includes booking service with quality accommodation (4 star B&Bs, night in a castle or country mansion, etc.). Clansandcastles.com Accommodation reservations for castles, inns & country houses. Itinerary planning for self-drive tours (with car hire if required). Private tour guides. Clan lands research. Official tour operator for The Gathering 2009
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