Scotland · Partial ruin
Bishop's Palace
The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th‑century episcopal palace beside St Magnus Cathedral in central Kirkwall, Orkney, built as the bishop's residence and administrative complex. Largely ruined but partly standing, its round tower (the Moosie Toor) and attached ranges survive as a compact stone group administered as a scheduled monument.
Its prime
1550
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1550
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact medieval palace cluster dominated by a stout circular stone drum tower (the Moosie Toor) of coursed local rubble with a corbelled eaves band; the tower wall is punctured by small, vertically narrow slit windows set in contrasting red-dressed stone and a recessed statue niche. The round tower rises immediately behind low attached ranges with pitched slate roofs and stands within the cathedral close of Kirkwall; the tower's upper masonry is partly broken away.
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7 places to explore in 1550.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Bishop's Palace — including 3 interiors: upper rectangular hall (principal hall), private chamber in the tower house, lower store rooms. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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