Scotland · Still standing
Elcho Castle
Elcho Castle is a mid-16th-century Z-plan tower house on the south bank of the River Tay near Perth, Scotland. Built c.1560 for the Wemyss family, it combines large domestic apartments with numerous defensive gun loops and is now in state guardianship as a scheduled monument. The building remains largely complete and is set on a grassy slope with ancillary buildings and a dovecot nearby.
Its prime
1560
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1560
The shape it held in its prime.
A roughly Z‑plan, multi-storey stone tower-house of ragged grey-brown rubble with dressed sandstone around windows and corners. A large square tower occupies one corner with three integrated towers to the north side, and a corbelled round turret with a conical slate roof projects from a corner. Lower walls show numerous small gun‑loops and some windows have iron grilles; a single ground‑level entrance is protected by a yett. A parapet walkway tops the walls; the castle sits on a shallow grassy slope beside trees and the river beyond.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1560.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Elcho Castle — including 6 interiors: noble hall (first floor main hall), great bedchamber with en‑suite latrine, turnpike staircase to the noble 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.
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See Elcho Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1560 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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