Clan Rising
Greenan Castle today

Scotland · Ruin

Greenan Castle

Greenan Castle is a small 16th-century tower house ruin on a sea cliff near Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The remains include a single tall stone tower with traces of a walled courtyard and outbuildings set on a promontory above the tidal flats.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Its prime

1603

Today

Ruin

As it stood in 1603

The shape it held in its prime.

A single rectangular stone tower house rises directly from the head of a steep sea cliff, its grey-brown masonry visible against low scrub. Beside the tower are low remnants of a walled courtyard and the footprints of outbuildings (likely stables and a kitchen). The castle stands on a rocky promontory projecting into the sea with tidal sands below; at its prime the tower would have had a complete roof and upper parapet and the courtyard walls closed the headland.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1603.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Greenan Castle — including 2 interiors: kitchen block (interior), stables (interior). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Seaward approach from tidal flatsCliff base and promontoryTower exterior (south face)Walled courtyardCourtyard entrance lintelKitchen block (interior)Stables (interior)Promontory fort earthworks

Create History

See Greenan Castle with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1603 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

Recreate Castle to Explore →
All castles of Scotland · Castles of Europe · walk the finished reconstructions.