Scotland · Restored
Dumbarton Castle
Dumbarton Castle crowns Dumbarton Rock, a 73 m (240 ft) high volcanic plug on the River Clyde, and has been a fortified stronghold from the Iron Age through the early modern era. It served as a royal fortress, naval base and prison at various times and retains extensive curtain walls, defensive works and stone buildings on the rock summit.
Its prime
1548
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1548
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a steep 73 m basalt plug, the castle presents a layered silhouette of dark volcanic crags topped by broad curtain walls and ramparts. A stone stair rises to a carved arched gate set in a rubble-and-ashlar curtain; to the rear sits a rectangular three-storey house with dormer windows and tall chimneys. A rounded bastion with small gunloops projects from the wall, while a grassy forecourt and the town and River Clyde lie below.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1548.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Dumbarton Castle — including 1 interior: castle prison cell. 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 Dumbarton Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1548 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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