“This Manor hath been the inheritance of lawyers” Excavating a lost Mediaeval fortified manor house at Strelley Hall, Nottinghamshire

Construction work at the idyllic eighteenth century Strelley Hall led to the chance discovery of the remains of a much older precursor. The fourteenth century fortified manor of the de Strelley family lay beneath and as excavations proceeded a huge rock-cut moat became visible for the first time since it was filled in after a catastrophic fire in the sixteenth century. This lecture looks at the evidence for this manor including hidden towers, stunning archaeological artefacts and hidden tunnels…

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