Bu Of Cairston Castle

County: Orkney

Grid reference: HY 2720 0956

Lat / long: 58.96688228, -3.266094134

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The Castle at Bu' of Cairston is said to have belonged to the Gordons, and may have been built in 1152 (it is mentioned in a Saga). The north-west corner of the property was modernised in the 16th century to form a mansion house.

The site is now ruinous, overgrown and used for farming.