Ireland · Restored
Athlone Castle
Athlone Castle is a stone castle on the Shannon in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, with origins in the 12th–13th centuries and extensive later remodelling. The site incorporates a central polygonal keep surrounded by a curtain wall with squat three-quarter round (drum) towers and later barrack buildings; it now houses a visitor centre and museum.
First raised
1129
Its prime
1810
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1810
The shape it held in its prime.
A low, robust grey-stone silhouette: a central polygonal keep rising from a man-made motte, encircled by a high curtain wall punctuated by squat three-quarter round drum towers with dark coping. The masonry is irregular ashlar and rubble limestone with visible weathering and patched repairs; the parapet is broad and adapted for artillery with gun-embrasures and pistol-loops. The castle fronts directly onto town streets and the River Shannon, with a late-Georgian two-storey barrack façade adjoining the walls.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1810.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Athlone Castle — including 2 interiors: interior of the keep (principal hall / museum space), officers' quarters / georgian barrack façade. 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 Athlone Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1810 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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