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Welcome to the virtual tour of Orford Castle. Use the left and
right arrows above to move from one image to the next. This page
should work with IE4+, NS4+ and Mozilla Firefox.
If you have the
VRML plug-in installed you can explore this castle. There are details on the right of this
page explaining how to install the plug-in and how to move
around in VRML worlds.
Much of the information used for this reconstruction comes from an English-Heritage report (AI/22/2004) by Louise Barker. The
report is available from English-Heritage for a small fee.
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4 of 4:The curtain wall of the castle has now completely disappeared. The stones from
the wall have probably been used to construct other buildings in the area. Luckily for us the
keep has not been destroyed. Again, the appearance of the curtain wall is based on invstigations
performed by English-Heritage.
The low walls leading off to the bottom left corner of the picture form a barbican. The
purpose of the barican was to channel anyone attacking the castle into a small area where they
could be fired upon by the defenders. The barbican is at an angle to the main entrance giving
the defenders more to shoot at.
Please install the VRML plug-in and take time to explore the
castle. See the instuctions on
the right of this page for details.
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