What will archaeologists find in the drawbridge pit at PONTEFRACT CASTLE?

[@bremnersghost948]

Suspect that below the Norman Works you will find everything from Stone Age to Dark Age Fortifications and Dwellings, Imagine how Valuable the Heights that Pontefract are built on have been while overlooking the River Aire Floodplain must have been to our distant Ancestors.

[@MrChrisBarker]

Happy to see what's there, because it will definitely get covered back up.

[@GRACEORT]

Why cover everything back up? Surely it should be left exposed to show the public more of this great Castle 🤔

[@MrChrisBarker]

@@GRACEORT it's already half filled in. You don't know Pontefract.

[@misscoutts6193]

Same thing happening at Sheffield.

[@bremnersghost948]

Bit out there of an idea but could the "Wonky Gatehouse" have been the Romans "Broken Bridge" that gave Pontefract its name??

[@naradaian9196]

Super stuff, one little rough sketch of what a drawbridge pit and mechanism and a wee map shouldnt bust the budget...its hard to grasp the whole thing physically and could be done by a volunteer for use on the video.

[@Digventures]

Great suggestion! If we find part of the drawbridge mechanism, we'll defo do one. In the meantime, you can at least see a 3D model of what we exposed so far: digventures.com/pontefract-castle/timeline/types/models/

[@christophermoore6495]

Have you watch the tudors ? It was in third season tells you about pontefract castle whats going on in Tudor life England’s history about pilgrimage of grace it was major important role of that castle the head of the constable ‘s name Thomas Darcy as a traitor during that rebellion thanks so much of begin your historian who knows everything about that castle’s history

[@lindabowman9100]

Photos from the previous dig? Explication of PHOTO in background would keep me more engaged.

[@Digventures]

Hi Linda, most of the photos and images we've used in the video are from the previous dig - including those of the artefacts we discovered. But we agree - we can always use more!

[@NicUsher]

I can answer the question without viewing. The blood, sweat and tears of archeologists.

[@Digventures]

How deep will the drawbridge pit turn out to be? What will we find at the bottom? Let's hear your guesses!

[@peterfreeman6677]

At the bottom? Skulls. Bet.

[@JLGBinken]

7.5 meters. A knife.

[@Digventures]

@@JLGBinken Noted. Will have to get Chris a bigger shovel ;)

[@Digventures]

@@peterfreeman6677 Bet accepted. Now time and a bit of digging will tell...

[@elizabethchevalier7740]

5.5 meters, lots of pottery and some coins too!

[@lolismine5103]

I went to the excavation in September 2019 on a school trip

[@richrumble]

An interesting video. However, is it not pronounced ‘pumfret’?

[@Skooty68]

Nice one,if you need a metal detectorist I'm 20 mins away 😁

[@Digventures]

Aww thanks buddy. We've got some detectorists on our team, but that's a really kind offer! You can follow the progress of the dig online at digventures.com/pontefract-castle/timeline Usually, we'd invite you to come and visit, but with social distancing and all that, we'll be keeping everyone updated about our progress online instead.

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

The people who built the castle and dug the moat didn't use metres to do it. Please translate that stuff into English.

[@michaeldarby3503]

can you get me a 1/4 of pontefract cakes while youre there ?

[@Digventures]

only if someone buries it in the moat for us to find! (jokes jokes)

[@michaeldarby3503]

@@Digventures lol