They originally hypothesized it might be a motte castle, but radiocarbon imaging revealed the structure to be a timber hall that turned out to be much older and, measuring 16.5 feet wide by 52.5 ...

A team of archaeologists at the University of York have returned to Skipsea in East Yorkshire to excavate the remains of a medieval timber hall uncovered near the site of a Norman castle.

In 1585-87, a certain Elias Jarman — perhaps a relative of the later Jerman dynasty of London carpenters — was involved in redeveloping the medieval site. Plans for the work were drawn up in 1578 and ...

Some are visibly sobbing, overcome with emotion while others simply walk arm-in-arm with their friends or family, comforting each other. A few look up in awe at the medieval timber hammer-beam roof.

Among the hall's two royal visits was one by King Henry VIII on August 12, 1541. He arrived at the hall with his fifth wife, Katherine Howard, and Baron Thomas Burgh, Burgh's grandson, hosted them ...

This paper identifies two very distinct methods of timber bridge-building in early medieval Ireland, and makes comparisons with the growing body of evidence for contemporary timber bridges in ...