Scotland · Ruin
Castle Sween
Castle Sween is an early medieval stone castle on the eastern shore of Loch Sween in Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland. Built in the late 11th century and later augmented with stone towers, its surviving curtain walls and towers stand on a rocky knoll above the loch and are managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
Its prime
1550
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1550
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a rocky knoll at the waterline of Loch Sween, the castle reads as an irregular rectangular curtain enclosing a grass-covered interior, built of grey, weathered rubble masonry. Two roughly square stone towers project from the curtain, one with an external stone stair, and there are wide gaps where entrances and window openings puncture the walls. Roofs are absent at prime but the walls and towers rise as continuous stone forms above the surrounding grassy slope and coastal rocks.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1550.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Castle Sween — including 1 interior: inner courtyard (bailey). 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 Castle Sween with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1550 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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