Birsay Earl's Palace
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About the Business
Earl's Palace, Birsay | Historic Environment Scotland | History | An overview of Earl’s Palace, Birsay, once the residence of Mary Queen of Scots’ half-brother Robert Stewart. Visit the site today or contact Historic Environment Scotland for more information.
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- FridayOpen 24 hours
- SaturdayOpen 24 hours
- SundayOpen 24 hours
- MondayOpen 24 hours
- TuesdayOpen 24 hours
- WednesdayOpen 24 hours
- ThursdayOpen 24 hours
Features
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Good for kids
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Alan Gilmour
27.02.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
Magnificent relic of the palace with information boards about various parts. Beautiful setting and very well kept lawns giving place a very feel.
Tara Sanders
22.02.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
An interesting place to stop if you're in the area.Free entry. Not much parking around, so you need to find somewhere on the road in the village to park and thrn walk to it.Noticeboards around to give you information and show pictures of how it would have looked when it was standing as a completed fortified Palace. Wall notices to show you what each room would have been.Impressive sized rooms, high walls and big windows. I bet it would've looked beautiful before it was left to ruin.
Kara Bell
12.02.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
Fabulous part of history . Lovely beach across the way also
Frank Murphy
12.02.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
Very impressive ancient building well worth a visit. Parking nearby. Immaculately preserved building and grounds are a pleasure to walk around. Helpful information signs on site.
SARAH BANCROFT
05.02.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
Roam the ruins of the residence of Robert Stewart, half brother of Mary Queen of Scots, who became Earl of Orkney in the late 1500's.The Earls Palace.Free to enter and walk around.The tall ruins are arranged around a central courtyard which contains a well.It must of been a magnificent residence.There is also a lovely honesty box nearby, with checking out also.
Ron Pomerantz
26.01.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
Sorta preserved remains of a castle. Little restoration. Overall footprint of prior castle is well defined as are some walls. A worthwhile stop while touring the Orkney coast.
Michiel Belmans
19.01.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
A former 16th century palace, now a nice place to explore for free.
Steven Redmond
14.01.2024
Birsay Earl's Palace
Large sprawling Palace ruins. Neat to walk around the ground floor and learn about what each room was designed for. Plenty of parking. 30 minutes to complete this attraction.
Adam lr01
30.12.2023
Birsay Earl's Palace
Came across this on a short walk, no entry fees, just walk in through the gate. Decent information and very well maintained. Also good for Dogs.
T M
30.12.2023
Birsay Earl's Palace
Always a pleasant place to have a wander around. Information boards to let you see how it would have looked, great views and right in the village so easy to look around, visit the shop, tearoom, stone shop, church , art studio , honesty box. Lots to see and do.
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