{"id":578,"date":"2016-11-28T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T08:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=578"},"modified":"2016-11-28T08:07:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T08:07:20","slug":"pembroke-castle-study-uncovers-possible-henry-vii-birthplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=578","title":{"rendered":"Pembroke Castle study uncovers possible Henry VII birthplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/archaeology.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/88488027_pembrokecastleaerialphotocopyrightrcahmw.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Researchers believe they might have uncovered the location of Henry VII&#8217;s birthplace at Pembroke Castle.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial photographs from 2013 gave glimpses of what lay beneath the surface, with parch marks revealing possible buildings.<\/p>\n<p>A geophysical survey has now confirmed the outline of a late-medieval building in the outer ward, where the king could have been born.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Neil Ludlow, consultant archaeologist, said it shone new light on the castle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-581\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/92680249_pembrokegeophyssurvey-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"_92680249_pembrokegeophyssurvey\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/92680249_pembrokegeophyssurvey-300x169.jpg 300w, wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/92680249_pembrokegeophyssurvey.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much of the interior of the castle, which dates from the 11th Century, was destroyed after the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also revealed up to three previously unknown buildings in the inner ward, as well as several buildings and a possible well in the outer ward. All are invisible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n<p>The work was carried out by Dyfed Archaeology Trust and was funded by the Castle Studies Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ludlow said knowledge of the castle&#8217;s history &#8220;has been increased immeasurably&#8221; by the research.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Impey, Castle Studies Trust patron, added: &#8220;The survey work carried out by Dyfed Archaeological Trust has greatly advanced our understanding of Pembroke Castle, one of Wales&#8217; greatest but also least understood castles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Henry VII was king of England from August 1485 until his death in 1509.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-580\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/92679851_pembrokegeophysicalsurvey3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"_92679851_pembrokegeophysicalsurvey3\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/92679851_pembrokegeophysicalsurvey3-300x169.jpg 300w, wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/92679851_pembrokegeophysicalsurvey3.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers believe they might have uncovered the location of Henry VII&#8217;s birthplace at Pembroke Castle. Aerial photographs from 2013 gave glimpses of what lay beneath the surface, with parch marks revealing possible buildings. A geophysical survey has now confirmed the outline of a late-medieval building in the outer ward, where the king could have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}