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Tattershall Castle today

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Tattershall Castle

Tattershall Castle is a mid-15th-century brick castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, dominated by a tall Great Tower set within concentric moats and wards. Built and expanded by Ralph Cromwell, the surviving Great Tower, gatehouse, wards and moat define a largely intact medieval domestic fortress now cared for by the National Trust.

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First raised

1231

Its prime

1431

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1431

The shape it held in its prime.

A rectangular plan of fired brick rising from an inner island ward, the composition dominated by a tall, square Great Tower with four corner turrets and crenellated battlements and a roof gallery. The tower has separate ground-level entrances and a visible spiral turret; the inner ward is surrounded by an inner moat and an outer moat beyond it, with an external gatehouse and Middle Ward approached by a bridge. To the north-east stands a separate guardhouse; south of the tower are brick foundations of service buildings that project into the moat.

Step inside

12 places to explore in 1431.

The record describes 12 distinct spots at Tattershall Castle — including 8 interiors: parlour (ground floor of great tower), basement (kitchen storage), hall (first floor of great tower) 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.

Approach across the Outer Moat to the Middle Ward and GatehouseBase of the Great Tower (exterior)Inner Moat and Island WardParlour (ground floor of Great Tower)Basement (kitchen storage)Hall (first floor of Great Tower)Audience Chamber (second floor) and great hallBrick-vaulted corridor and waiting room (approach to Audience Chamber)Private Chamber (third floor)Roof Gallery and BattlementsKitchens and service range (south of the Tower)Outer Ward stables and guardhouse (north-east)

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See Tattershall Castle with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1431 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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