Ireland · Restored
Ballygally Castle
Ballygally Castle is a 17th-century Scottish baronial-style tower house on the coast at the head of Ballygally Bay in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Built as a rectangular four-storey stone house with corner turrets and a flanking stair tower, it later served varied uses and today functions as a hotel.
First raised
1649
Its prime
1760
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1760
The shape it held in its prime.
Rectangular Scottish baronial stone tower house of four storeys with walls about 1.5 metres thick, surmounted by four small corner turrets and a larger flanking tower on the northeast containing an entrance and a stone spiral stair. The main entrance set in the tower bears a Middle Scots inscription over the doorway. Originally the castle was enclosed by a stone bawn and walled garden with four corner turrets and it stands at the head of Ballygally Bay overlooking the sea.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1760.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Ballygally Castle — including 2 interiors: northeast flanking tower and spiral stair, the 'manson room' apartment. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Ballygally Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1760 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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