Shropshire Council’s revenues and benefits service is offering six people the opportunity to earn while they learn as part of the council’s…

Day nine of the dig at Shrewsbury Castle proved one of the wettest yet, but the weather didn’t stop the team from…

After five days of blistering sun when the rain came it was torrential. All the diggers were quite quickly soaked but still…

Day five at Shrewsbury Castle began by resolving the deeper trench surrounding the 1920’s water pipe. As we know that what surrounded…

Day four of the dig at Shrewsbury Castle saw the archaeology getting really complicated. At our end of the trench it was…

Day three of the excavation has seen us move through the lower part of layer two. We have begun to find more…

Day two has been spent skimming any remaining top soil with spades. Next the teams worked back across the trench in lines,…

Day one saw us break ground inside the walls of the castle for the first time. Peeling back the turf and slowly…

The the first ever excavation of Shrewsbury Castle is underway and the castle is open for you to visit. The excavation will…

Some important decisions were made by Shropshire Council’s Cabinet at its meeting today (Wednesday 3 July 2019). To see the full agenda and…