Ireland · Partial ruin
Macroom Castle
Macroom Castle is a historic castle and former seat of the Lords of Muskerry located in the centre of Macroom, County Cork. Today the surviving ensemble comprises an early-19th-century theatrical gatehouse on the town square and a separate ruined tower and fragmentary west wing on the River Sullane; the main residential block was burned in 1922 and later demolished.
Its prime
1850
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1850
The shape it held in its prime.
A grey rubble-stone gatehouse with a wide pointed arched passage is flanked by two round turrets rising above crenellated curtain walls that tie into neighbouring houses. The guard chamber above the arch has a slate-faced ashlar front and paired narrow arched windows. Two cannons rest on stone pedestals in front of the gateway. A short distance west on the riverbank stands a square three-storey tower and the surviving five-bay western facade of the residence with a central projecting break-front and crow-stepped gable.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1850.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Macroom Castle — including 1 interior: guard chamber (upper room). 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 Macroom Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1850 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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