Quite a specific date given to this artist’s impression. Does anyone know who drew it?
Local Newspaper cuttings from the 1927 excavations
October 13, 2020
Quite a specific date given to this artist’s impression. Does anyone know who drew it?
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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It looks like an etching rather than a drawing, but maybe these guys could help.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
This doesn’t look like a pre-Conquest castle to me, I would give more credence to the motte and bailey depiction. That door looks like a tradesman’s entrance – and how did you get to it across the moat?
It’s a christmas card from the Sheffield Co-op dated 1930, with much use of artistic licence.