Noltland Castle on the island of Westray in Orkney, remarkable for being home to 71 gunloops. It was built in the 1560s by Gilbert Balfour, Sheriff of Orkney and a man whose approach to politics earned him many mortal enemies. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westray/noltlandcastle/index.html

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Noltland Castle on the island of Westray in Orkney, remarkable for being home to 71 gunloops. It was built in the 1560s by Gilbert Balfour, Sheriff of Orkney and a man whose approach to politics earned him many mortal enemies. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westray/noltlandcastle/index.html

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