The History of Balvaird: Its Castle and Barons

By Joseph E. Saunders, MA.

Upon a great hill in Scotland stands a castle that has survived five centuries, on a site that has witnessed the passaged of Celts and Romans, Picts and Saxons, Knights, Covenanters, Cavaliers, and Roundheads, Jacobites and Hanoverians.

In his book The History of Balvaird: its Castle and Barons, historian Joseph E. Saunders examines the history of Balvaird Castle and its occupants through careful analysis of archaeological excavations, primary sources, art, and local accounts to tell a story about one of Scotland’s treasured medieval sites.