England · Ruin
Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle is a medieval stone fortress on a steep hill in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, overlooking the village of Corfe on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Built from Purbeck limestone with a prominent central stone keep and multiple baileys, it served as a royal fortress through the medieval period before being slighted in the 17th century and is now a preserved ruin open to the public.
First raised
1100
Its prime
1236
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1236
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a steep chalk hill cutting through the Purbeck Hills, the castle presents a tall, rectangular stone keep rising above an encircling stone curtain wall and inner ward; additional lower walls define a west and outer bailey that extend down the slope. Structures are built of pale Purbeck limestone; the hill is grass-covered and the roofline at its prime would show pitched roofs on halls and domestic ranges within the inner ward, with intact towers and crenellated parapets.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1236.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Corfe Castle — including 1 interior: gloriette (inner bailey). 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 Corfe Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1236 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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