Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Glenfarg, Kinross HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Historic Scotland staff will be opening the castle especially for Doors Open Day!</p><p>Located off the A913 between Gateside (A91) and Bridge of Earn. Car park at bottom of hill signed off the A913. Half mile walk uphill to castle.</p> OpeningTime1 11.00-12.30, 13.30-15.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11098 Refreshments No Street The street address Balvaird Postcode PH2 9PY Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Balvaird Castle Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived perthkinross Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3186 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.28886,-3.342761; Description An account of the resource <p>A fine late-15th-century tower-house that underwent a luxurious makeover in the 16th century to become a courtyard palace. Built by the Murrays of Balvaird, who became the Earls of Mansfield, it was their principle seat until 1658 when they moved to Scone. The L-shaped towerhouse had deteriorated into a ruinous state by the 19th century and in 1974 was taken into care by Historic Scotland's predecessor.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16C