Wales · Partial ruin
Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle is a late 13th-century Edwardian concentric fortress on a coastal headland above Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It retains a prominent ruined gatehouse/keep and fragments of its inner and outer wards and mural towers along the cliff edge.
First raised
1277
Its prime
1289
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1289
The shape it held in its prime.
A grey rubble-stone concentric fortress set on a grassy coastal promontory above a pebble beach and the sea; the inner ward is diamond-shaped with mural towers at each corner and a prominent twin D-shaped gatehouse-keep projecting toward the cliff. The outer ward is a narrow enclosing circuit; curtain walls are low and crenellations are largely broken. The gatehouse has a large arched entrance at ground level and a taller, roofless tower rising above the inner ward.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1289.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Aberystwyth Castle — including 3 interiors: gatehouse passage, castle hall (site of the mint), kitchen range. 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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