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Cawdor Castle today

Scotland · Still standing

Cawdor Castle

Cawdor Castle is a Scottish castle built around a 15th-century tower house with substantial later additions that together enclose a central courtyard. It remains a private, inhabited seat of the Campbells and is set within designed gardens and estate woodlands near a small river.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1454

Its prime

1870

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1870

The shape it held in its prime.

Compact stone castle centered on a 15th-century rectangular tower house with adjoining south and east ranges that form an enclosed courtyard; a small round turret with a conical slate roof rises above steep gabled roofs and tall chimneys. Warm grey-brown masonry, thick walls and small slit windows characterize the older fabric. The house sits amid mature woods and formal gardens beside a slow river or moat, approached by a simple timber footbridge and guarded by a gate with an iron yett.

Step inside

7 places to explore in 1870.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Cawdor Castle — including 1 interior: lowest level of the tower with holly tree. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Exterior approach from the timber bridgeGatehouse and drawbridgeEnclosed cobbled courtyardLowest level of the tower with holly treeWalled GardenFlower GardenEstate woodland approach

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