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Dunfermline Palace

Dunfermline Palace is a former Scottish royal palace attached to Dunfermline Abbey in Fife. Once altered and used by successive monarchs, most of the surviving fabric today is ruined, with the palace occupying the site between the abbey and the deep gorge to the south.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Its prime

1600

Today

Ruin

As it stood in 1600

The shape it held in its prime.

A long, coursed stone range of warm honey and grey sandstone running beside the abbey, dominated by a high south wall pierced by tall, pointed-arched window openings and void tracery; to the left a broad arched pend or gateway runs under the building, and behind the range the abbey's tower and spire rise. Masonry alternates ashlar and rubble courses, with evidence of tall stair-towers and battlements in historical records; in prime the walls would be roofed and windows glazed.

Step inside

10 places to explore in 1600.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Dunfermline Palace — including 5 interiors: the great chamber (the 'longest chamber'), anne of denmark's bedchamber and external stair, palace kitchen 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 along the west front and pend gatewayGatehouse and connection to the abbeySouth wall and outlook over the Firth of ForthThe great chamber (the 'longest chamber')Queen's House (Queen Anna of Denmark's House) exteriorAnne of Denmark's bedchamber and external stairPalace kitchenKitchen cellars and storesTennis court in the old abbey cloisterPassage to the monastic residential quarters

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See Dunfermline Palace with the fires lit.

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