England · Partial ruin
Chartley Castle
Chartley Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle in Staffordshire with substantial surviving masonry remains, including a rare cylindrical keep and a twin-towered gatehouse. Rebuilt in 1220 under Ranulph de Blondeville, the site preserves a curtain wall with multiple round and half-round towers and visible earthworks.
Its prime
1220
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1220
The shape it held in its prime.
Rebuilt in 1220, the stone motte-and-bailey complex is dominated by a cylindrical keep about 50 feet in diameter set on the motte, surrounded by a continuous curtain wall punctuated by two half-round flanking towers and several large round towers reported at 35–41 feet external diameter. A twin-towered gatehouse guards the main approach and an angled tower marks a curtain corner; the whole castle rises from its surrounding earthworks and defensive ditches in robust medieval masonry.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1220.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Chartley Castle — including 3 interiors: top of the cylindrical keep, overlooking the bailey, inner bailey courtyard within the curtain walls, gatehouse passage and entrance passageway. 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 Chartley Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1220 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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