England · Partial ruin
Knepp Castle
Knepp Castle is a medieval motte castle west of West Grinstead in West Sussex, founded in the 12th century and associated with the de Braose family and royal visits. The site today survives as an oval earthen mound with ditch and a single substantial dressed-stone wall; the surrounding land forms part of the Knepp Wildland rewilding estate.
Its prime
1211
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1211
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on an oval earthen motte surrounded by a wet ditch and outer ramparts, the castle in its prime had a stone keep at the motte summit and domestic buildings clustered in the bailey. A stone causeway crossed the moat on the west approach. The surviving masonry is Horsham Stone sandstone; the remnant north end of a west-facing tower wall had a doorway with an opening above. The setting is low-lying Sussex countryside near the River Adur, approached by a straight causeway.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1211.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Knepp Castle — including 4 interiors: interior of the keep's west tower, great hall in the bailey (interior), castle chapel (interior) and more. 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 Knepp Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1211 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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