Balintore Castle Restoration Project

With just 10 minutes to go until Christmas day 2015, a suitable gift to all friends of Balintore are these screen captures of a Minecraft v...

The first owner of Balintore Castle, David Lyon, made his money in the West Indies, so I had always guessed that "slaves and sugar...

The photos I've chosen for this year's Christmas blog entry were taken early in December  at Balintore, just I was driving away from...

Many thanks to friend of Balintore Castle, Steve Scooby Fairweather, for finding the probate record for David Lyon , the first owner of Bal...

While most of the original fireplaces at Balintore Castle have long since been removed or smashed-up, most of the cast iron inserts are stil...

You will undoubtedly be hugely relieved, as am I, to learn that this is the last batch of recently scanned-in castle restoration plans to be...

Getting yet more of the newly digitised plans online .... One of the biggest expenses in restoring Balintore Castle, by far, is having ...