Scotland · Ruin
Tantallon Castle
Tantallon Castle is a mid-14th-century Scottish curtain-wall fortress on a coastal promontory east of North Berwick, securing the headland with a single massive curtain wall and sea cliffs on the other sides. It was the last major medieval curtain-wall castle built in Scotland and comprises a long red-sandstone curtain with three principal towers, a north range containing a hall, and an inner and outer court. The site is a ruin today under the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
First raised
1350
Its prime
1520
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1520
The shape it held in its prime.
A long red-sandstone curtain wall blocks the neck of a grassy coastal promontory, its top pierced by 16th-century crenels and linked by a parapet walk between three main towers: a collapsed-faced circular northwest tower (Douglas Tower), a D-plan east tower, and a tall square central gatehouse. Sea cliffs protect the other three sides. The north range adjoins the curtain forming a rectangular inner courtyard about 70 by 44 metres, with rock-cut defensive ditches and an outer two-storey round tower at the south end.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1520.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Tantallon Castle — including 4 interiors: north range — great hall, douglas tower interior (donjon), east tower interior 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.
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See Tantallon Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1520 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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