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In the 12th century this was replaced with a wooden motte and bailey castle. Beauchief Abbey was built 4 miles south-west of what was now a well established town. When the castle was destroyed in 1260 it was replaced with a stone castle, which would stand until the [[English Civil War]].

In November [[2005]], the [[University of Sheffield]]´s archaeological consultancy, ARCUS, unearthed a [[medieval]] well of over three metres in depth in the [[sandstone]] bedrock beneath Carmel House on Fargate [http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2005/485.html]. 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]]. Medieval pots included jugs made in the Hallgate area of neighbouring [[Doncaster]] and other items from the [[Humber Estuary]].

This discovery was said to offer significant evidence relating to the medieval town of Sheffield, 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 rebuilding of [[Sheffield Castle]] in stone, 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, plant remains (possibly including microscopic pollen grains) have been preserved and will be analysed the University's Department of Archaeology laboratories.