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Dan | all galleries >> Travel Galleries >> Iceland - 5/2010 >> The Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Islands > Ruins of the Earl's Palace
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May 2010 J & D

Ruins of the Earl's Palace

Orkney Island

The Earl's Palace was begun in 1607 by Lord Orkney and built largely by forced labor.
Orkney's son rebelled against his father and seized the palace but an army laid siege
and the Castle was destroyed. Lord Orkney and his son were later executed.


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