The castle occupies an elevated site in moorland above Balintore village, a few miles north of the Loch of Lintrathen, near Kirriemuir, Angus.

A tower house named Balintor existed on the site in the late 16th century, according to Timothy Pont's maps.

[2] A typical example of the Scottish Baronial style, it features an abundance of turreted towers and gables, and a gone[clarification needed] oriel window.

Balintore Castle was commissioned as a sporting lodge by David Lyon, MP, who had inherited a fortune made by his family through investments in the East India Company.

[3] Angus Council used its compulsory purchase powers to buy it from its absentee Far Eastern owners, and it is now in the hands of a Scotsman who is restoring it and residing there.