What was offered for sale was Balfour Castle and the rest of the estate: '...In 1940, Captain Tadeusz Zawadzki escaped the notorious Katyn massacre of 22,000 Polish military officers, policemen and prisoners of war by Soviet forces. He then walked right across Europe before reaching Scotland, where he joined the Polish Army in exile, was posted to Orkney and fell in love with the island. 'With his Scottish wife and their four children, he first bought a series of farms on the island before acquiring and restoring the castle, which has 11 bedrooms and eight bathrooms. Zawadzki's widow and their two daughters continue to run the castle as a country-house hotel, which is marketed as "the most northerly castle hotel in the world". 'His son, Richard Zawadzki, manages the rest of the 770-acre estate, which includes the five-bedroom Balfour Mains farm, three cottages, farm buildings, and more than 600 acres of farmland. The islands of Muckle Green Holm and Helliar Holm are also available. Such is the scale of the estate that it is for sale as a whole or in separate lots... ...Guide price of offers over £2.7 million for the whole estate. Through Savills Edinburgh, 0131 247 3720.' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3363905/Property-of-the-week-Remote-charm-of-a-Balfour-beauty.html I've no idea what the property actually sold for, though. (Judging by the first paragraph I quoted above, the writer of the article seems to think that Orkney consists of just one island!) Norman T.