Scotland · Ruin
Tolquhon Castle
Tolquhon Castle is a late-16th-century Scottish castle in Aberdeenshire, built by William Forbes as an extension to the earlier Preston's Tower and completed in 1589. The buildings are arranged around a central quadrangle and include an elaborate north gatehouse with an inscribed lintel, a first-floor gallery in the west range, a great hall in the south range, and a south-east tower that housed a prison. The site is a scheduled monument in the care of Historic Scotland.
First raised
1584
Its prime
1589
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1589
The shape it held in its prime.
Tolquhon forms a stone-built quadrangular plan completed in 1589, with the older Preston's Tower at the north-east corner and north, west and south ranges enclosing a central courtyard. The main entrance is an elaborate gatehouse on the north range bearing a carved inscription and flanked by the distinctive triple shot-holes. A first-floor gallery runs along the west range; the south range contains the great hall entered by a stair from the courtyard, and a south-east tower contained a prison. A walled outer courtyard to the north contains a doocot.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1589.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Tolquhon Castle — including 3 interiors: great hall (south range), first-floor gallery (west range), south-east tower (prison). 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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