Scotland · Restored
Fordell Castle
Fordell Castle is a restored 16th-century Scottish tower house (a fortified Z-plan fortalice) near Dalgety Bay in Fife. The stone building retains its two external stair towers, corbelled turrets and many original interior vaulted and panelled rooms; it remains a private residence and a category A listed building.
Its prime
1580
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1580
The shape it held in its prime.
A Z-plan sandstone tower house running east–west with square towers at the north‑west and south‑east corners, each housing a circular stair. Plane masonry walls are relieved by corbelled turrets and small projecting bartizans, a crow‑stepped gable at one end, and a short castellated flat roof with flagpole and iron beacon basket. Roofs are steep and stone‑slated; windows are narrow and vertically proportioned. The north stair tower contains the main entrance with a studded door and metal yett.
Step inside
12 places to explore in 1580.
The record describes 12 distinct spots at Fordell Castle — including 6 interiors: vestibule inside the north stair entrance, vaulted basement chambers (western chamber with stocks), great hall on the first floor with large stone fireplace 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.
Create History
See Fordell Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1580 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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