Scotland · Still standing
Broughty Castle
Broughty Castle is a stone tower house and later coastal battery on a low promontory at the mouth of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. The four-storey rectangular tower sits within thick curtain walls and late‑19th-century gun emplacements; the site is a scheduled monument now used as a museum.
First raised
1490
Its prime
1891
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1891
The shape it held in its prime.
A tall rectangular four-storey tower house rises from a squat curtain of low, thick masonry; the tower has a corbelled parapet with crenellations and a flagpole, small vertical slit windows and a few larger rectangular windows. Surrounding walls incorporate low, flat gun-emplacement platforms with rows of embrasures and a grassy top, plus a broad stone quay and sea-facing harbour wall. The stone is a warm grey-brown sandstone; the castle sits on a low coastal promontory at the River Tay mouth and is complete with rebuilt wings and magazines.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1891.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Broughty Castle — including 3 interiors: main courtyard, south‑east caponier (landward-facing defence), western magazine and store. 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 Broughty Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1891 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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