Balfour Mains
Balfour Mains is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Balfour Mains is situated nearby to the locality Grain Mill (19th Century), as well as near Lady’s Kirk (site of medieval chapel).| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balfour Castle and Helliar Holm.
Balfour Castle
Hotel
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
Helliar Holm
Islet
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Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967.
Vasa Loch
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Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narrow strip of raised beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balfour and Head of Holland.
Balfour
Village
Photo: Shirley Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263.
Head of Holland
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Head of Holland is a locality, which is situated 3½ miles south of Balfour Mains.
Quholm
Hamlet
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quholm is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. Quholm is situated 3½ miles northeast of Balfour Mains.
Balfour Mains
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.03799° or 59° 2′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.9094° or 2° 54′ 34″ westOpen location code
9CFV23QR+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 611104479OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Highlights include Boathouse (Shapinsay Development Trust) and The old gashouse (former gasworks).
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