England · Restored
Lancaster Castle
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle in Lancaster, Lancashire, long used for administration and as a county gaol; it sits on a hill overlooking the town near the River Lune. The complex contains a Norman keep, a large fifteenth-century gatehouse and later eighteenth-century additions including the Gaoler's House and the Shire Hall/Crown Court.
First raised
1093
Its prime
1798
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1798
The shape it held in its prime.
A monumental twin-towered stone gatehouse dominates the approach: two broad cylindrical drum towers linked by a crenellated parapet and a central pointed arched entrance. Walls are of warm-brown sandstone ashlar, with corbelled machicolations under the battlements. Behind and beside the gatehouse rise a massive rectangular keep with small rounded romanesque windows low on the north face, and a row of later Georgian stone buildings with sash-window openings and chimneys. The castle sits on a raised, cobbled approach with curtain walls extending along the slope toward the town.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1798.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Lancaster Castle — including 5 interiors: gatehouse passage (under the arch), inner cloistered courtyard (inner bailey), gaoler's house (front and 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 Lancaster Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1798 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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