You’ll enjoy this fascinating article by Ashley Tuck!
Local Newspaper cuttings from the 1927 excavations
October 13, 2020
You’ll enjoy this fascinating article by Ashley Tuck!
One of our members has found some old cuttings from local papers on the 1927 excavations which make interesting reading.
Here are some links to information about the castle available on other sites. Gatehouse page Manor Lodge’s page Prospectus for Sheffield Castle Sheffield City Council’s
This plaster overmantle is on the wall of the bedroom in Bishops House. The room was built around 1650 and in 1648, William Blythe paid
Here is some information about previous excavations. You can also download pdf documents produced by ARCUS on two pieces of fieldwork. Trial trenching of Sheffield
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One Response
A well written and photographed account.Together with its follow up correspondence its filled a gap and is reflective of the feelings of Sheffield folk about its lost castle.A little sad that the results of this initial and limited excavation are more widely known at national level than locally.Another issue that is one for rueful reflection is that due to austerity cuts that interesting publication-Archaelogy in South Yorkshire is not being published.Will we ever see this excavation reported on in Transactions of the Hunter Archaelogical Society or Archaelogy in South Yorkshire? It seems probably not as the University’s research tome may well cover all the current angles.