Scotland · Restored
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress occupying Castle Rock, a volcanic plug overlooking the city of Edinburgh. The site contains a cluster of medieval and early modern stone buildings including St Margaret's Chapel, the Royal Palace and the Great Hall, set within curtain walls and defensive terraces on a steep crag.
First raised
1200
Its prime
1520
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1520
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a steep dolerite crag, the castle reads as a compact cluster of grey-brown stone buildings and high curtain walls. A long, narrow ridge approach from the east leads to a gatehouse and Crown Square; above sits a rectangular palace block with regular rows of mullioned windows and pitched roofs with chimneys. Rounded artillery towers and crenellated battlements punctuate the curtain, and a small stone chapel occupies the summit. At its prime the roofs, windows and battlements are complete and intact.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1520.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Edinburgh Castle — including 3 interiors: great hall (interior), st margaret's chapel, deep well shaft (upper ward supply). 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 Edinburgh Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1520 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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