Medieval castle · Harju County · Keila
Keila Vassal Castle Kegel
Keila castle was probably built by the Kegel family in the late 1300s or early 1400s, and in 1433 the castle and its estate were sold to the Livonian Order. It was rebuilt many times and probably remained in use into the 1600s and 1700s. Later its walls lay under an overgrown mound in the manor park, until in 1976 Heino Gustavson rediscovered the foundations, more than a meter thick, of a square fortified house.
Built / first recorded c. 1400
Style Medieval fortified house
Condition Still in use in the 1600s–1700s
German name Kegel Today
Foundations can be seen in Keila’s river park; a round cannon tower survives underground up to 2 meters high.
Owners Kegel14. saj–1433 Liivi ordu1433–1561 Good to know Heino Gustavson discovered the foundations in 1976. Finds from the excavations date from the 1200s to the 1700s. The round cannon tower has not yet been excavated. Photos through time archive · Keila castlearchive · Keila castlearchive · Keila castle, the stoking room of the hypocaust stovearchive · Keila castle, the northeast room seen from the southwestarchive · Keila castle, view of the entrance hallarchive · Keila castle, the restored vaultarchive · Keila castlearchive · Keila castle2006 · Plan of the castle2006 · Keila castle, 20062012 · The ruins of the fortified house, 2012Nearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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