Ireland · Restored
Carrickfergus Castle
Carrickfergus Castle is a Norman-era stone fortress on a rocky promontory on the northern shore of Belfast Lough in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It served as a major garrison and administrative centre for centuries and remains one of the best-preserved medieval structures in the region, now maintained as a historic monument and open to the public.
Its prime
1250
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1250
The shape it held in its prime.
A low rocky promontory fortress built of warm-brown local rubble masonry with a dominant four-storey square keep rising above a lower ring of curtain walls and projecting towers. The seaward side retains a continuous curtain with a postern gate; the east tower shows narrow slit and Romanesque double windows. The gatehouse passage is defined by a ribbed vault and heavy portcullis. Rooflines are simple pitched and timbered on ancillary ranges; battlements and walkways encircle the keep and walls.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1250.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Carrickfergus Castle — including 4 interiors: gatehouse entrance passage, great hall / banqueting hall, east tower first-floor chamber (chapel) 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.
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See Carrickfergus Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1250 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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