England · Ruin
Canterbury Castle
Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman stone castle in Canterbury, Kent, one of the three original royal castles guarding the Roman road from Dover to London. Its great stone keep, largely constructed in the reign of Henry I, measured about 98 by 85 feet and originally rose to around 80 feet; the castle later served as the county jail and today survives as a ruin under local authority care.
First raised
1135
Its prime
1120
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1120
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact, rectangular Norman stone keep roughly 98 by 85 feet and originally about 80 feet high, built principally of flint and sandstone rubble; the exterior presents box-like elevations punctured by regularly spaced narrow arched window openings and small square embrasures. The wall faces are divided by shallow vertical masonry projections that read as buttresses and a row of larger arched windows at upper level. The keep sits within the medieval town beside the Roman road with the raised Dane John mound visible nearby; at its prime the masonry rose intact to a continuous upper wallline.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1120.
The record describes 5 distinct spots at Canterbury Castle — including 1 interior: county gaol interior (prison cells). 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 Canterbury Castle with the fires lit.
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