Scotland · Ruin
Duffus Castle
Duffus Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle near Elgin in Moray, Scotland, founded in the 12th century and rebuilt in stone in the early 14th century. The stone phase centred on a two-storey rectangular tower set on a man-made motte with a surrounding curtain wall and adjacent ranges in the bailey. The site was occupied until the early 18th century and is now a ruin on a grassy lowland mound.
First raised
1140
Its prime
1320
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1320
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a steep, man-made motte in the flat Laich of Moray, the castle in its prime consisted of a rectangular two-storey stone tower set on the motte summit and an enclosing rubble curtain wall around the bailey. The tower shows narrow vertical windows and a single ground-floor entrance with a portcullis; ranges roofed in timber sat against the inner face of the curtain wall, with visible putlog holes. Stone is locally sourced grey-beige rubble and ashlar, roofs timber-framed and pitched.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1320.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Duffus Castle — including 3 interiors: tower ground floor (storage and portal), lord's hall on the first floor, north-range great hall and kitchen. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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