Bodiam Castle -- Jon Whitear and Alison Beaton
Posted on 02/08/2007 10:48:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv
One of most beautiful and spectacular castles in the country, Bodiam was built by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge in 1385 and is now owned and managed by The National Trust. The exciting discovery happened on Friday February 2 [2007] when some earth was being cleared away in the Great Hall ruins. The ground was being made ready for a new gravel base when suddenly the mini-digger struck stone. As the earth was carefully cleared away, with an archaeologist on hand to observe the proceedings, more stonework appeared along with some clay tiles and pieces of rubble. It soon became apparent that this was something substantial: a wall of some kind. Further down the Hall something else appeared, a strange circular construction... Casper Johnson, the County Archaeologist, agreed with the Castle's staff about the rubble and tiles; they might well have fallen onto the ground and been subsequently buried at the time the Castle was 'slighted', or semi-demolished on the inside, by Cromwell's troops at the end of the English Civil War. The wall and circular feature, however, were a mystery. Could they be the remains of a gardener's cottage built inside the ruins in the eighteenth century (illustration attached)? Or perhaps part of Sir Edward Dalyngrigge's medieval hall?
(Excerpt) Read more at hastingstoday.co.uk ...
Bodiam Castle -- Jon Whitear and Alison Beaton
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Interesting. The "circular feature" is small, don't you think?
It's the beginning of the Yellow Brick Road, and y'know, those Munchkins have very tiny feet...
Great article and pic.
Just happen to have files, etc. in front and around me I am working on are my ancestors who had Hylton Castle and Alnwick Castle, both in use today.
Wow, what a neat castle. Wish they had some pics of the inside.
Hmm. Small circular feature in the Great Hall.
Can you say "fire pit" and 'latrine' in the same sentence, Boys and Girls?
Good, I knew that you could.
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No trace of the Templar's hidden gold?
It's still in Roslyn, or perhaps Nova Scotia...
The circular feature
Fire pit is the first impression that I got.
Nice!
"Throw another shrimp on the barbican."
It seems that this new discovery should take precedence over the full time opening, children's events, and installation of wooden stairs and decking.
Uh, this is in Britain. When the Monserrat volcano went up and the southern half of the island was evacuated, a large barge type vessel ordinarily used to haul cargo in and expected to be used for complete evacuation of the island just in case, was sent off to another island for its annual painting. Hey, and the bus drivers can't possibly keep their timetables if they have to stop to pick up passengers. :')
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