Features at Pontefract Castle

Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Pontefract Castle

Basic Information

  • Two large rectangular stone blocks floating in the fill of the drawbridge.

Contexts

  • Context: PON_1088
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    • Large rectangular worker stone, next to 1089. Not keyed into the drawbridge pit walls.
    • Indie Jago
    • 31-7-2020
  • Context: PON_1089
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    • large rectangular worked stone, next to 1088. Not keyed into the drawbridge pit walls.
    • Indie Jago
    • 31-7-2020

Narrative

    • Large rectangular stone blocks floating in the fill of the drawbridge. Stones 1088 and 1089 are sat at the same height mirroring each other on the west and east side of the pit. Neither of them are keyed into the drawbridge pit walls.
      • Indie Jago
    • 17-8-2020

Dating Narrative

    • Phase 3 – Drawbridge pit fill (14th to mid 17th century)
      • Indie Jago
    • 27-4-2021

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