Scotland · Restored
Blackness Castle
Blackness Castle is a 15th-century royal fortress on a rocky spit on the south shore of the Firth of Forth near the village of Blackness, Scotland. Built in the 1440s and strengthened in the mid-16th century, it served as a fortress, state prison and artillery strongpoint guarding the approaches to Linlithgow and the Forth.
Its prime
1540
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1540
The shape it held in its prime.
Long, narrow stone fortress oriented north–south, jutting from a rocky spit into the Firth of Forth. A continuous curtain wall encloses a rectangular courtyard of lawn with a separate five-storey central tower rising from the middle and integrated north and south towers at each end. A triangular 16th-century spur/forework defends the east gate; gun-ports and thickened inner walls appear in places. The castle is built of grey local stone and sits directly over rock with a water-gate to the northwest.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1540.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Blackness Castle — including 5 interiors: spur forework and caponier passage, upper chamber of the central tower, south tower great hall and accommodation and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Blackness Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1540 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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