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Roslin Castle today

Scotland · Partial ruin

Roslin Castle

Roslin Castle is a partially ruined Scottish castle on a rocky promontory above a loop of the North Esk near the village of Roslin, Midlothian. The site preserves high curtain walls, the fragmentary south keep, and a restored east range built into the rock; the east range has been habitable since the early 17th century and contains richly carved door surrounds and panelled principal rooms.

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First raised

1305

Its prime

1622

Today

Partial ruin

As it stood in 1622

The shape it held in its prime.

Perched on a rocky promontory within a looping river, the castle is approached by a long stone bridge with low parapets leading through a substantial gatehouse into a narrow courtyard. Red-brown sandstone walls and rounded buttresses rise from the rock; tall curtain walls with ground-level openings stand to considerable height, while a single ruined wall marks the south keep. The five-storey east range is built into the cliff with a pitched roof and crow-step gables and a richly carved stone doorway.

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11 places to explore in 1622.

The record describes 11 distinct spots at Roslin Castle — including 3 interiors: main hall with large fireplace, lower vaulted service rooms: kitchen and bakehouse, central scale-and-platt staircase. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Approach across the ditch and bridgeOn the bridge looking toward the gatehouseGatehouse arch and surviving bartizanWest curtain wall with buttressesTop of the curtain wall and wall-walkSouth keep — surviving ruined wallEast range exterior with crow-step gablesCarved entrance doorway (1622)Main hall with large fireplaceLower vaulted service rooms: kitchen and bakehouseCentral scale-and-platt staircase

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