Edinburgh 1544

Explore the first digital reconstruction of Edinburgh in the 1540s. Learn about the Scottish capital’s eventful sixteenth-century history, and see recreations of key Edinburgh landmarks as they may have appeared during the childhood of Mary Queen of Scots.

Features include:

• Videos of Edinburgh’s sixteenth-century townscape.

• Photospheres visualizing the historic appearance of sites on and near the Royal Mile.

• Interactive hotspots with additional historical information.

• Location aware guide to link historic and modern landscapes.


Please note, from 1 June 2017 a trailer app giving tasters of the content for two sites (Holyrood Palace and the Netherbow Port) will be available.

The full app (with a wider range of sites) will be launched on 7 July 2017.