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Aldourie Castle today

Scotland · Restored

Aldourie Castle

Aldourie Castle is a Scottish baronial house on the southern shore of Loch Ness, transformed in the 1860s and expanded again in 1902–04. It sits on a level terrace above the loch with surrounding parkland and formal gardens and is now a restored, inhabitable castle used for private stays.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1626

Its prime

1904

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1904

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact, rectangular main block set on a level terrace above Loch Ness, punctuated by multiple round towers and turrets: a small original round tower at the south‑west corner and a larger balustraded round tower added in the 19th century. Pale harled stone walls with reddish sandstone dressings, oriel windows, scroll‑sided steep dormers, rope‑moulded stringcourses, corbels, visible gunloops, steep conical slate roofs and tall chimneys define a varied roofline; the house faces a wide lawn with woodland behind.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1904.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Aldourie Castle — including 1 interior: interior: muralled reception room with metalwork fixtures. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Main lawn and terrace facing Loch NessBalustraded round tower (Victorian addition)Original south‑west round towerFaçade detail: oriel windows and scroll‑sided dormersSouth‑east wing by Sir Robert LorimerWalled Victorian kitchen gardenHistoric steadings courtyardInterior: muralled reception room with metalwork fixtures

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See Aldourie Castle with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1904 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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