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In November 2005 the [[University of Sheffield]]'s archaeological consultant, ARCUS, unearthed a [[Medieval]] well over three metres deep in the [[sandstone]] bedrock beneath Carmel House on Fargate.<ref name="Media Centre">{{cite web|title=City centre dig unearths secrets of medieval Sheffield|url=http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2005/485.html|work=University of Sheffield|access-date=27 December 2011}}</ref> The Sheffield city centre site was being excavated as part of a redevelopment project. Pottery found in the well suggests that it was in use by 1300 AD, and had been filled in around the time of the English Civil War. The uncovered medieval pots included jugs made in the Hallgate area of neighbouring [[Doncaster]] and other items from the [[Humber Estuary]].

This discovery offers significant evidence relating to the Medievalmedieval town of Sheffield, then still a small market town, before its growth during the subsequent Industrial Revolution. Dating of the well indicates that it was probably dug around the time of the stone reconstruction of Sheffield Castle in 1270 and the granting of Sheffield's Market Charter by [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] in 1296.

Due to the conditions in the well, animal bones and plant remains (possibly including microscopic pollen grains) have been preserved and will be analysed the University's Department of Archaeology laboratories.