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Sheffield Castle excavations recorded by J.B. Himsworth. Remains of Shambles Slaughter House, showing ancient beams discovered in a horizontal position. Newly built sewer manhole (for a new road for the continuation of Bridge Street), in backgrou

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Title:	Sheffield Castle excavations recorded by J.B. Himsworth. Remains of Shambles Slaughter House, showing ancient beams discovered in a horizontal position. Newly built sewer manhole (for a new road for the continuation of Bridge Street), in backgrou
Location:	Sheffield_City_Centre
Date:	09/09/1929
Date Period:	1920-1939
Photographer:	J.B. Himsworth
Notes:	Taken from 'Sheffield Castle Excavations', by J.B. Himsworth, Ref: 914.274 SQ. The oak beams (varying from three to six feet long) appear to have been in a fire. Whether these beams date from Saxon times their size leads one to think too large to have been made for slaughter house construction.
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