England · Restored
Hedingham Castle
Hedingham Castle is a Norman stone keep in Castle Hedingham, Essex, built by the de Vere family in the early 12th century. The massive nearly-square keep survives as the principal medieval structure, sitting on a raised ringwork and open to the public; later outer buildings and two corner turrets were lost in subsequent centuries.
Its prime
1140
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1140
The shape it held in its prime.
A nearly square, towering Norman stone keep faced in pale Barnack ashlar over flint rubble, roughly 16–18 m to a side and over 21 m tall, with very thick walls and four original corner turrets (two later lost). Narrow rounded-arch and paired windows puncture the façades, some with chevron/arch moulding; a principal arched entrance reached by external steps; set on an artificial ringwork above the Colne valley with inner and outer baileys around it. At prime the keep carried a steep pyramid-shaped roof and complete corner turrets.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1140.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Hedingham Castle — including 2 interiors: great (banqueting) hall, inner bailey south: chapel site. 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 Hedingham Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1140 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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