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Does anyone know when Sheffield castle was last exposed ?

E.g. it's currently under Castle Market but before that was built was the castle wall remains just stood out in the elements and visible to the public ?

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Part of the Castle wall could be seen on the left side of Castlegate in the 1950s but that was either removed or concreted over by the vertical wall of hideous concrete that stand there now.

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The preamble to the 1927 excavation report by Armstrong gives some idea of what happened to it over the years.

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Am i right in thinking that the Castle covered a far greater area than the Castle Market site? How much of the Castle is waiting to be exposed when the market building comes down? Half? A Quarter? Or a lot less?

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Am i right in thinking that the Castle covered a far greater area than the Castle Market site? How much of the Castle is waiting to be exposed when the market building comes down? Half? A Quarter? Or a lot less?

This photo of the area from 1937 gives a clear idea of the area the castle covered.

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Here you go tozzin. I remember the bit of wall very well. We used to visit my gran on Clarence Street on a Saturday, and the 61 bus we got home always waited it's time on Castlegate, right next to the bit of wall.

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The 1937 photo does actually show the bit of the Castle wall that I can remember from the fifties.

I would LOVE a MASSIVE copy of that photo to have a look at

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This is where the original is. You have to register to use zoom etc. Do a search for Sheffield and there's loads of pre WW2 photos. There's a lot of industrial stuff but lots of others as well, including aerial shots of Wembley with Sheffield Wednesday in the Cup Final of 1935!

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By email from Ron Clayton

"Reenactment of the surrender of Sheffield Castle in august 1644 is being organised
by Ron Clayton on Sunday 1Oth August on behalf of the Friends of Sheffield Castle

further details to follow
"

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Guest Emma Carter

When I came back to Sheffield I bought a book called Sheffield castle and at the back wall of the meat market they is still walls of Sheffield castle

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By email from Ron Clayton

"Surrender of Sheffield Castle on 10/8/14

For further information re the above please see events section on website
friendsofsheffieldcastle.org.uk

or e-mail me at bigronclayton@sheffieldhistorytours.co.uk
or bigronclayton@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers
Ron"

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Report on BBC Look North this evening about the plans to redevelop the Castle Market site. This will include a big dig, exposing and archaeological work on the River Sheaf, the construction of a fancy "gatehouse". Cost altogether 5 million.

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