England · Partial ruin
Pickering Castle
Pickering Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Pickering, North Yorkshire, later rebuilt in stone and developed with an inner ward, shell keep, curtain wall and towers. The site is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster and managed by English Heritage and is open to the public.
Its prime
1326
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1326
The shape it held in its prime.
As it stood in 1326 Pickering Castle reads as a compact motte-and-bailey stronghold: a raised motte topped by a low stone shell keep, an inner ward (the former bailey) enclosed by a continuous pale-grey limestone curtain wall punctuated by three square towers and a gatehouse, and an outer ward beyond a second ditch. Stone is coursed local limestone with narrow vertical arrow-slits and crenellated parapets; roofs and internal buildings are largely timber. The west side falls away on a steep natural scarp.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1326.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Pickering Castle — including 3 interiors: chapel interior, great hall and service range, interior chamber of a curtain tower. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Pickering Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1326 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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