Ireland · Ruin
Castlekirk
Castlekirk (Hen's Castle) is a medieval tower house and National Monument standing on a tiny half-acre island in the northwest corner of Lough Corrib, on the approach to Maum. Built in the early 12th century, it remained an occupied fortified residence into the 17th century and today survives as a ruined stone shell rising directly from the water.
Its prime
1546
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1546
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact mortared grey-stone tower house sits on a tiny, steep-sided island that drops abruptly into Lough Corrib. The ruin’s silhouette is defined by several thick, roughly rectangular wall-blocks and tower remnants clustered together, their vertical stone faces and rubble masonry visible above low island shrubs. In its prime the roofline would have closed the rectangles into a continuous fortified residence with an intact parapet and battlements, all reflected in the loch.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1546.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Castlekirk — including the full exterior approach. 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 Castlekirk with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1546 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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