Ireland · Restored
Dungarvan Castle
Dungarvan Castle (King John's Norman Castle) is a National Monument in Dungarvan, County Waterford. The site comprises a 12th-century polygonal shell keep surrounded by a curtain wall with corner and gate towers, and later additions including an internal two-storey military barracks; it sits at the mouth of the Colligan River. The structure has served military and civic uses and has been restored and interpreted for visitors.
Its prime
1720
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1720
What Dungarvan Castle looked like in its prime.
A polygonal stone shell keep sits within a continuous curtain wall punctuated by projecting corner towers and a pronounced gate tower; the keep’s multi-sided silhouette dominates the inner ward. A rectangular two-storey barracks block fills part of the enclosure against the inner face of the curtain. The whole complex occupies a riverside town site at the mouth of the Colligan River, the curtain wall enclosing a paved and earthen inner courtyard.
Its story
The story of Dungarvan Castle.
Dungarvan Castle — King John's Norman Castle — guards the mouth of the Colligan River at Dungarvan, County Waterford. Its earliest element is a 12th-century polygonal shell keep, a form of keep common in England but rare in Ireland, enclosed by a curtain wall with corner and gate towers, on the site of an earlier motte-and-bailey.
Within the walls stands a two-storey military barracks of the early 18th century, now restored and holding the exhibition space that tells the castle's history. A National Monument, the castle has passed through military and civic uses and is today restored and interpreted for visitors.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1720.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Dungarvan Castle — including 3 interiors: inner ward / courtyard, interior of the shell keep, two-storey military barracks (interior/exterior). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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