Tour Scotland photograph of Balfour Castle, Angus, Scotland. Four miles to the west of Kirriemuir and just south of Kirkton of Kingoldrum village stand the ruins of Balfour Castle, a former stronghold of the Ogilvies of Balfour said to have been erected in the 16th Century by Cardinal Beaton for his mistress, Marion Ogilvy, and their children. In 1540 the lands of Balfour and Kirkton of Kingoldrum, by Arbroath Abbey to James Ogilvy of Cookston and his wife Marjory Durie.
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