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Article: Unearthing the mystery of 'lost castle' location.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2006
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SECRETS of a lost South Yorkshire castle are set to be uncovered this summer thanks to a project launched by a village community group.
Clues that Bolsterstone, to the north of Sheffield, once had a castle can be found all over the village.
The local pub is, after all, called The Castle while several nearby houses have related names such as Castle View.
Reference books, meanwhile, have logged the remains of a gatehouse and 16th century stone cottages which may have been built from remnants of an earlier structure.
But the exact location, size and age of Bolsterstone Castle seemed destined to remain a mystery.
Now, with the ...