19/06/2019

Shetland Baronial Castles

There are only a couple of castles on Shetland, both built in the C16 in the baronial style. They are not that well fortified, but defensible and more a statement of authority.

Muness Castle Britain's most northerly castle on Unst (link)









Its bleak surroundings


Scalloway Castle (on a rainy day) the old capital of the islands (link)










On a sunny evening



2 comments:

Graham C said...

Great to see these photos I lived in Shetland for a while a place steeped in history and a great place to live.

João Pedro Peixoto said...

I didn't know you were on the cast of Game of Thrones :)