Archaeologists excavating the historic Sheffield Castle site have uncovered rare 17th-century wooden stakes, believed to be ...

Wooden stakes used as defence barriers during the Civil War have been unearthed by archaeologists excavating the remains of ...

The first surviving Civil War wooden stake defences to be found in the UK have been discovered by archaeologists in the moat ...

Archaeologists recovered four wooden stakes from the moat surrounding Sheffield Castle, according to a statement released by ...

Previous discoveries at Sheffield Castle include a “hidey-hole” left behind by a steelworker in a cellar as well as medieval tokens and newly discovered castle walls as the site “keeps revealing its ...

In Gdańsk, Poland, archaeologists unearthed over 14,000 artifacts, including a military bunker with evidence of German war crimes and the remains of a Red Army soldier. The excavation revealed items ...

Historians believe such defences would have been arranged chaotically to form a defence known as an "abatis", slowing attackers in strategic locations and creating a zone where they could be killed.

Published March 5 | Read More | Archaeologists in Sheffield, England, uncovered 17th-century defensive stakes, known as an “abatis,” in the moat of Sheffield Castle. These wooden stakes ...

Now, archaeologists working on excavating the castle have discovered defensive stakes known as an “abatis” in the castle’s moat, according to a Feb. 28 news release from Wessex Archaeology ...