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Skelmorlie Castle today

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Skelmorlie Castle

Skelmorlie Castle is a Scottish tower house and later-range complex on a promontory of the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde in Ayrshire. The keep originates in 1502 with substantial alterations and additions in the 17th and 18th centuries; it served as the seat of the Montgomerie family for centuries. The site includes a main tower/keep, attached 17th-century ranges, and a southern courtyard with a former chapel.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Its prime

1762

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1762

The shape it held in its prime.

A rectangular stone tower-keep of red sandstone rubble with an attached low 17th-century range; corbelled cylindrical angle turrets with conical roofs project from the corners. The roofline is steeply pitched with dormer windows and tall rectangular stone chimneys rising above stepped gables. Small slit and square windows punctuate the ashlar and rubble walls. The castle sits on a promontory above the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde, with a southern courtyard and subsidiary turret-house close to the shore.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1762.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Skelmorlie Castle — including 1 interior: baronial hall (first floor). 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 the Firth of ClydeKeep south-west exterior faceExternal stair to the first-floor hallBaronial hall (first floor)Former chapel at west of southern courtyard17th-century range (surviving section)17th-century turret-house on south courtyardVantage from the keep roof over the Firth of Clyde

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