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Dean Castle today

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Dean Castle

Dean Castle is a 14th-century stone castle in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, originally built for the Boyd family and set within a large wooded park. The complex comprises a tall defensive keep and an attached palace block with projecting battlements and a pitched slate roof, and today houses museum collections and is open to the public.

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First raised

1350

Its prime

1350

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1350

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact medieval complex of warm honey-brown sandstone: a tall rectangular keep with very thick walls and few small windows stands at one end, linked to a lower palace block with a steep slate roof punctured by triangular dormers. Both keep and palace display crenellated parapets and projecting corbel courses; the Laigh (low) tower projects from the palace end. The castle sits in a wooded valley beside lawns and a curving approach drive, fully roofed and intact at its prime.

Step inside

11 places to explore in 1350.

The record describes 11 distinct spots at Dean Castle — including 6 interiors: great hall (first floor of the keep), minstrel's gallery, solar and private chapel (second floor) 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.

Approach from the country parkKeep exterior and parapetPalace block façadeEnclosed barmkin courtyardGreat Hall (first floor of the keep)Minstrel's gallerySolar and private chapel (second floor)Palace kitchen (ground floor)Laigh (Low) Tower private apartmentsBattlements and roof-walkGuard room and dungeon access

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