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Ashtown Castle today

Ireland · Restored

Ashtown Castle

Ashtown Castle is a 15th‑century Irish tower house located in Phoenix Park, Dublin. It was later encapsulated within an 18th‑century Georgian lodge, rediscovered during demolition in 1978, and has been restored and incorporated into the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1430

Its prime

1430

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1430

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact 15th‑century Irish tower house rising as a vertical stone block in parkland, built to the narrow rectangular dimensions typical of government grants of the 1430s. The exterior is plain stone with small, narrow window openings and a simple roofline; the tower stands alone within the open grass of Phoenix Park (later enveloped by an 18th‑century lodge). At its prime the tower house appears complete and habitable.

Step inside

3 places to explore in 1430.

The record describes 3 distinct spots at Ashtown Castle — including 1 interior: ground-floor interior chamber. 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 Phoenix ParkTower exterior close-upGround-floor interior chamber

Create History

See Ashtown Castle with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1430 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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