Sheffield Castle project

[Imperial Dave]

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68277444.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17079340619348&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

Ambitious

[Keraunos]

Must confess it had never registered with me that Sheffield had a castle.  I had always associated it with cutlery in the industrial age.

[Imperial Dave]

Me either truth be known

[Erpingham]

While I did know Sheffield had a castle (it belonged to John Talbot at one point), I had no idea of the scale of it until they started excavating.

[Imperial Dave]

That's exactly the same as when I promised to replace the back fence

[Erpingham]

That's exactly the same as when I promised to replace the back fence

You found a castle in the back garden?

[Imperial Dave]

I had no idea of the scale of the work involved until I started excavating.....

[Keraunos]

An Englishman's home is his castle, but I've just been told that it looks like the mangonels have been at my garden wall! 

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[Imperial Dave]

 

[Denis Grey]

An Englishman's home is his castle, but I've just been told that it looks like the mangonels have been at my garden wall! 

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Another wedding party?

[Keraunos]

Not a coach in sight!  More like too much rain and too much age.

[Jim Webster]

Not a coach in sight!  More like too much rain and too much age.

I was going to blame the rain as well
How high is the ground on the other side of the wall?

[Keraunos]

Not a coach in sight!  More like too much rain and too much age.

I was going to blame the rain as well
How high is the ground on the other side of the wall?

About 18" higher, I think, but I've never done a careful measure.  My old wargame shed is just the other side of the wall!

[Jim Webster]

It reminds me of places where I've seen water draining off higher ground through the wall

[Imperial Dave]

You mean Cumbria generally lol