England · Restored
Norwich Castle
Norwich Castle is a Norman royal castle founded by William the Conqueror and built as a stone keep on a high motte within the city of Norwich. The medieval keep later served as a county gaol for centuries and was converted into a museum in the late 19th century; the keep has since been conserved and reconstructed to present its early 12th-century appearance.
First raised
1066
Its prime
1121
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1121
The shape it held in its prime.
A massive square Norman stone keep set atop a high grassy motte in the urban centre; the pale ashlar-faced walls are vertically articulated with groups of paired arched windows, bands of blind arcading and narrow slit openings, rising to a crenellated parapet with squared merlons and a flat roofline behind the battlements. The keep’s eastern forebuilding (Bigod Tower) is reached by an external stone stair; in its prime the stonework and defensive silhouette are complete and intact.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1121.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Norwich Castle — including 2 interiors: upper-floor hall of the keep, lower chamber of the keep. 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 Norwich Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1121 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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