Hidden history: Rebuilding Sheffield Castle

There's a a castle underneath Sheffield, buried for four hundred years. So why does no-one know about it?
Working from previously unexplored archives and making use of exciting new technologies, the Department of Archaeology and the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield are set to change all that. Together with key players from across the city, they are digging into Sheffield’s hidden history to bring this incredible hidden fortress back to life.
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[@allangibson4354]

Wonderful project. I wish you every success and cannot wait to see the work and results. Thank you so much.

[@loungejay8555]

I'm a Sheffielder...this is fascinating to me.

[@tessajames2460]

Same! But we moved when I was born so learning about it is really cool.

[@seanhomar5945]

I've researched the Sheffield Castle for many years year's now and was astonished that when talking to many sheffielder's many years ago, they had no idea we even had a castle at one point, I know the roundheads destroyed the castle to prevent it ever being used again since it changed hands on a few occasions, but what really intrigues me is why was Sheffield castle so important that it was destroyed? so many other castles in the region and yet they still remain? And also i would like to know why our Sheffield schools never taught anything about Sheffield's history and its castle.