England · Restored
St Briavels Castle
St Briavels Castle is a moated Norman royal castle on a spur above the River Wye in the Forest of Dean, England. It is dominated by a massive Edwardian gatehouse with two D-shaped flanking towers and a defended gate passage, and includes a surviving curtain wall, a domestic range with hall, solar and chapel, and a once-square Norman keep.
First raised
1292
Its prime
1300
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1300
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact polygonal stone castle of local old red sandstone and limestone on a raised spur above the River Wye, surrounded by a formerly wet moat; dominated on its entrance side by a huge two-towered Edwardian gatehouse with D-shaped flanking towers, deep gate passage and pronounced base spurs. A continuous curtain wall encloses a bailey containing a two-storey domestic range (hall, solar) with an attached chapel and a crest-topped Forester's Horn chimney; at centre stands a substantial square Norman keep.
Step inside
12 places to explore in 1300.
The record describes 12 distinct spots at St Briavels Castle — including 5 interiors: gate passage with portcullises and porters' lodges, upper room above the gatehouse, great hall interior and fireplace 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.
Create History
See St Briavels Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1300 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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