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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.<ref name="Media Centre">{{cite web|title=City centre dig unearths secrets of medieval
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]].
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==Future developments==
The largest scheme due to start is the [[New Retail Quarter]], that was meant to starting in 2007. The £600 million scheme will create new retail units and pedestrianise the area between [[Pinstone Street]], [[Leopold Square]], [[Charter Square]] and the [[Devonshire Quarter]]. Charter Square will also be pedestrianised. The £315 million [[West Bar scheme]] includes new university buildings, a boutique hotel, residential and commercial developments. The funding was not secured until 2011, when the work was meant to be finished by, but now it is ready to begin as the [[Sevenstone]] Project.
==References==
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*J. Edward Vickers, 1987, A Popular History of Sheffield, The Amethyst Press, ISBN 0-906787-04-1
*Mary Walton, 1984, Sheffield its Story and its Achievements, Applebaum Bookshop Ltd., ISBN 0-904293-19-X
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