Scotland · Partial ruin
Keiss Castle
Keiss Castle is a late 16th/early 17th-century Z-plan tower house on the Caithness coast of northern Scotland, now a partial ruin perched on cliffs above Sinclair's Bay. The house was constructed as a tall, narrow central block with paired corner towers and multiple floors and an attic; the estate later received a replacement house nearby in the 18th century.
Its prime
1623
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1623
The shape it held in its prime.
A Z-plan stone tower house: a square central block with a pair of smaller projecting corner towers at opposite angles, rising four storeys plus an attic and a vaulted basement. The main vertical silhouette is unusually narrow and tall, punctuated by narrow rectangular and slit windows, crenellated parapets and several tall stone chimneystacks piercing the roofline. Built of layered local sandstone, the castle sits directly on sheer, horizontally bedded sea cliffs with grassy slopes behind.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1623.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Keiss Castle — including 3 interiors: vaulted basement (cellar), attic level beneath chimneystacks, corner tower chamber. 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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