Monday 9th July dawned warm, dry and sunny and that’s how it continued for almost all of the four week dig. There were trenches on both the medieval hospital on Spital Field and at the New Hall site behind the … Continue reading
Members’ Night on July 19th found us on a sunny evening gathered at Bishops’ House, the earliest & best preserved example of a Tudor framed house in Sheffield. The first part of the building was built in 1554 with an … Continue reading
The Arts Council has recently awarded full accreditation to Castleton Museum which is run by Castleton Historical Society. This fantastic outcome is the result of much hard work by a group of CHS trustees to ensure that the Museum meets … Continue reading
The Historical Landscape Trail between Castleton & Hope was one of the outcomes of the project to research the ‘Lives of the Medieval Common People of Castleton and Hope’ carried out by Castleton and Hope Historical societies in 2012. The … Continue reading
De-turfing began at the New Hall site on 8th May to mark out a large trench about 9m x 9m Then quickly got down to the smaller 2016 trench During the next week some really nice features were … Continue reading
Day 1 on the Spital Field – the team assembles The 2017 trench was laid out to overlap several trenches dug in previous years, and to investigate new ground to the south and west in order to locate the south … Continue reading
A crowd of invited guests & visitors heard John Craven talk about his love of the Peak District when he was the special guest at the opening of the newly refurbished Visitor Centre. Castleton Museum, which is housed in the … Continue reading
