Scotland · Ruin
Yester Castle
Yester Castle is a medieval ruined castle near Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. The subterranean Goblin Ha' (Hobgoblin Ha') is the only substantially complete element that survives; the rest of the medieval keep and enceinte are now fragmentary masonry on a wooded slope.
Its prime
1540
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1540
The shape it held in its prime.
A tall, irregular fragment of red-brown sandstone masonry rises from a wooded slope: massive coursed blocks with weathered joints, pockets and small slit openings, and a low round-arched doorway set into the base leading to a subterranean chamber. The top of the ruin is broken away, the wall face stepped where courses have fallen, and ivy and saplings climb the lower stones. The masonry alternates large squared blocks with rougher infill stones.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1540.
The record describes 5 distinct spots at Yester Castle — including 1 interior: goblin ha' (subterranean undercroft). 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 Yester Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1540 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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