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An 800-Year-Old Castle Was Hiding Inside a Victorian Building in Dublin
For generations, Roebuck Castle on the campus of University College Dublin appeared to be a largely Victorian building. Its medieval predecessor was believed to have vanished long ago, cleared away as successive owners transformed the property into a more comfortable residence. The approximately 800-year-old castle, however, never entirely disappeared. New research published in Archaeology Ireland…
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Archaeologists Trace Lost Royal Guesthouse Linked to Queen Isabella at Spain’s Guadalupe Monastery
Archaeologists working at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe in western Spain have uncovered remains of a lost royal guesthouse that disappeared in the 19th century, allowing researchers to begin reconstructing a building long known mainly through historical plans and drawings. The excavation revealed foundation trenches, part of a patterned floor and structural…