Balconie Castle

Balconie Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Bailcnidh) lay in the parish of Kiltearn, about 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) east of the village of Evanton[1] in the Highlands of Scotland.

To make matters worse as there was not enough room in Balconie, Kenneth was provided lodgings in the kiln and in a fit of anger he hit out at one of the Macleans of Duart who had made the accommodation arrangements.

This was seen by the servants as a deliberate insult against the MacDonald chief and they took up arms against Kenneth Mackenzie and his companions who made a quick retreat.

[4] By the start of the Second World War, the castle was owned by one George Bankes and used as a summer home.

Munro, a timber merchant from Alness, and lay empty for some years, dry rot being only one of the problems.