Hotel excavation reveals medieval castle with moat
The castle, believed to be around 600 years old ... a "square tower," which stood at one end of the structure along the moat ...
17th-century castle defenses — the first ever found — discovered in UK. See the find
Previous discoveries at Sheffield Castle include a “hidey-hole” left behind by a steelworker in a cellar as well as medieval tokens and newly discovered castle walls as the site “keeps revealing its ...
Mysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 1400s may have been found
Once only indicated through a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci from around 1495, concealed passageways have been discovered ...
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Seventeenth-Century Wooden Stakes Unearthed at Sheffield Castle
Archaeologists recovered four wooden stakes from the moat surrounding Sheffield Castle, according to a statement released by ...
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17th-century castle defenses — the first ever found — discovered in UK. See the find
The large stakes were found in the castle’s moat, archaeologists said. Wessex Archaeology “Four stakes around (3 feet) in length were carefully excavated from the moat,” according to Wessex ...
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17th-century castle defenses — the first ever found — discovered in UK. See the find
“Four stakes around (3 feet) in length were carefully ... their preservation to being buried in the wet, muddy moat surrounding the castle, archaeologists said. Sheffield Castle underwent ...