Amazing drone footage of Castle Well!!
We are excited to bring you drone footage of inside the medieval Castle well which shows some incredible detail of the construction and quality of the stonework. In particular you can clearly see where the bedrock stops and the stonework begins and the confirmed depth. As the article mentions, we expect to have a 3D […]
Picture of the Castle Well
We’d like to share the attached fantastic picture of the well on the Castle site, taken last week, clearly showing the layers of stonework estimated to be 12m in depth. The well was found early on in the excavations last spring, and we hope this will be shown in the design of the park for […]
Castle Site tour success!
The last 3 weekends have seen nearly 250 people attend tours of the Castle site, led by Wessex Archaeology, Friends of Sheffield Castle and the Sheaf & Porter Rivers Trust. Thanks to site contractors Aureos and the Council, the protective covers on the Castle remains and other areas of archaeological interest were uncovered so that […]
Dating proves Norman origins of first Castle!
Wessex Archaeology have provided a press release which now confirms the dating of the motte of the first Castle in Sheffield, a remarkable and exciting moment that validates all the work that has been going on, on the Castle site over the past 6 or 7 years.  These finds are to a degree re-writing the […]
Archaeology Award and Civil War Stake finds!
We are delighted to announce that Wessex Archaeology/Sheffield City Council won the Rescue Project of the Year Award at the Current Archaeology Awards over the weekend! This is great recognition of the work being undertaken and puts Sheffield Castle right in the limelight! Thank you for all of your votes, I’m sure they made the […]
Chamber secrets revealed!
We start this year off with the exciting news that a doorway has now been cut into the concrete chamber housing remains of the Castle gatehouse and a video, taken by committee member Steve Brownlow, can be found above. This shows the remains of the curving western bastion tower to the left and the gatehouse […]
New Excavations start on site!
We are excited to be able to confirm that further archaeological work is now taking place on site! This is on the east side of the raised area of the site where we suspect the remains of the eastern curtain wall of the Castle would have been/are. A large, wide trench has been excavated by […]
Final Week of Excavations – week 12
The final week of major excavations of the Castle site has now come to a close and there will be a slight pause before the second phase of works start in early July. This phase will include the day-lighting of the Sheaf and the creation of the landscaping of the site. In terms of the […]
Week 11 and the Eastern Bastion tower is found!
A significant couple of weeks on site as more and more of the Castle structure is revealing itself, some of it for the first time in 400 years! Most impressive is the sight of the eastern bastion tower, which can now clearly be seen, built into the motte and bedrock. Sadly, all the cut, ashlar stonework […]
Week 10
Last week was due to be the final week of archaeological work in this phase of the works however, I’m pleased to confirm that work will continue for at least another 2 weeks as the Council have approved extension of the works around the newly found Castle walls. Wessex will be working west towards the […]