Archaeologists also searched the moat and found jewelry, pins, buckles and metal dishes, along with keys and padlocks. The fortified castle would have been accessed by a wooden bridge across the moat.

Previous discoveries at Sheffield Castle include a “hidey-hole” left behind by a steelworker in a cellar as well as medieval tokens and newly discovered castle walls as the site “keeps revealing its ...

WAKAYAMA—A rare event to explore the underwater world of Wakayama Castle’s moat took place here on Oct. 5 as volunteers and city officials lowered the water level, revealing a hidden ecosystem.

→Metal detectorists searching for WWII ... attribute their preservation to being buried in the wet, muddy moat surrounding the castle, archaeologists said. Sheffield Castle underwent a siege ...

Sheffield, England, in the mid-1600s was in the middle of a civil war. Part of the British Isles supported Charles I for the monarchy, while the rest of the kingdom was divided on who should lead ...