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Archaeology News :verified:<p>Rare 17th-century Civil War defenses unearthed at Sheffield Castle</p><p>Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of the first surviving wooden stake defenses from the English Civil War at the site of Sheffield Castle. This discovery provides an interesting link to one of the most tumultuous periods in British history...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/civil-war-defenses-unearthed-at-sheffield-castle/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/03/civ</span><span class="invisible">il-war-defenses-unearthed-at-sheffield-castle/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheffieldcastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheffieldcastle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/civilwarhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>civilwarhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>civilwar</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>&quot;The first surviving <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodenstakedefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>woodenstakedefences</span></a> to be found in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> have been discovered by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archaeologists</span></a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/moat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moat</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sheffield</span></a>&#39;s former <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/castle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>castle</span></a>.</p><p>The stakes were stuck into the ground to form a barrier around the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Royalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Royalist</span></a>-controlled castle, which fell to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Parliamentarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Parliamentarian</span></a> forces...in August </p><p>BBC News - Sheffield&#39;s first surviving Civil War stake defences revealed - BBC News<br /><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkmg7758n7o?fbclid=IwY2xjawIy3ZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYBTBkhu7S6mHhQnviqS1gbxN21uKaPdfn-woeZD3fAOrwmF4Dklw_GqOQ_aem_zaXVOba4WddmdBHHbdMDzA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkmg7</span><span class="invisible">758n7o?fbclid=IwY2xjawIy3ZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYBTBkhu7S6mHhQnviqS1gbxN21uKaPdfn-woeZD3fAOrwmF4Dklw_GqOQ_aem_zaXVOba4WddmdBHHbdMDzA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sheffield</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheffieldhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheffieldhistory</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ukhistory</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SheffieldCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SheffieldCastle</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/yorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yorkshire</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>&quot;As a city dating back at least 800 years, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sheffield</span></a> has an incredibly rich &amp; culturally important <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a>. From <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SheffieldCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SheffieldCastle</span></a> to the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/industrialrevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>industrialrevolution</span></a> right the way up to the modern day, the city has made its mark on the world.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SheffieldCityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SheffieldCityCouncil</span></a> is now beginning the process of looking into how that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>heritage</span></a> can be preserved, especially around six <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/conservationareas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conservationareas</span></a>. </p><p>Council launches Conservation Area Appraisals across six areas | Sheffield City Council<br /><a href="https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/council-launches-conservation-area-appraisals-across-six-areas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/cou</span><span class="invisible">ncil-launches-conservation-area-appraisals-across-six-areas</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sheffield</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SheffieldCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SheffieldCastle</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverSheaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverSheaf</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Regeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Regeneration</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Castlegate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Castlegate</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FromGreytoGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FromGreytoGreen</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archeology</span></a> </p><p>BBC News - Hidden river to be revealed after a century<br /><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrjnpzz052o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cgrjnpzz</span><span class="invisible">052o</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>Team excavating <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sheffield</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Castle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Castle</span></a> uncover <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/drawbridgepier" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drawbridgepier</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/moat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moat</span></a>, new evidence for castle interior and remains of possible earlier castle | Wessex Archaeology<br /><a href="https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/team-excavating-sheffield-castle-uncover-drawbridge-pier-moat-new-evidence-castle-interior-and" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wessexarch.co.uk/news/team-exc</span><span class="invisible">avating-sheffield-castle-uncover-drawbridge-pier-moat-new-evidence-castle-interior-and</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SheffieldCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SheffieldCastle</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheffieldhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheffieldhistory</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/medievalcastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medievalcastle</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maryqueenofscots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maryqueenofscots</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elizabeth1st" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>elizabeth1st</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/artifacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artifacts</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Excavations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Excavations</span></a> at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SheffieldCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SheffieldCastle</span></a> heat up with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>steel</span></a> working discoveries | <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WessexArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WessexArchaeology</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/excavations-sheffield-castle-heat-19th-century-steel-working-discoveries" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wessexarch.co.uk/news/excavati</span><span class="invisible">ons-sheffield-castle-heat-19th-century-steel-working-discoveries</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archeology</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheffield</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthYorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthYorkshire</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheffieldhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheffieldhistory</span></a></p>