England · Partial ruin
Clare Castle
Clare Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle in Clare, Suffolk, that served as the caput of the feudal barony of Clare. Today only the large earthen motte with fragments of the polygonal shell keep and sections of the inner bailey wall survive; the site forms the centrepiece of a public country park.
Its prime
1347
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1347
The shape it held in its prime.
A very high, circular earthen motte about 100 ft tall with a flat summit roughly 63 ft across, the slopes grass-covered and fenced at the base; surmounting the motte is a polygonal stone shell-keep with surviving triangular buttresses and the remnant of a round tower, showing large gaps where masonry has fallen away. At prime the inner bailey was ringed by 20–30 ft high curtain walls of flint and rubble and two baileys stretched north and east, with an east moat/water-garden fed by nearby streams.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1347.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Clare Castle — including 1 interior: elizabeth de clare's chamber (interior). 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 Clare Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1347 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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