| Famed as the site where Mary Queen of Scots | | | | castle-hall; and under this wall; within this tomb |
| was imprisoned, Sheffield's Lost Castle occupies a | | | | was my burial". |
| unique place in the history and the heart of the | | | | Made almost entirely of stone, experts believe |
| old English hamlet where it is situated. Constructed | | | | that the castle stretched from Don River to |
| in 1270, this once imposing structure enjoyed a | | | | Dixon Lane and from the Sheaf River to |
| reputation as one of the finest castles in north of | | | | Waingate occupying a total ground area of nearly |
| England during its heyday. Later destroyed by | | | | 17,000 square meters. It is also said that a |
| Roundheads who questioned Sheffield's loyalty to | | | | 2461-acre parkland was also part of the castle |
| the British crown, what remains of this once | | | | property which in turn extended up to |
| grand structure can be viewed behind Castle | | | | Handsworth in the east and to Gleadless in the |
| Market even today. | | | | south. A great majority of the castle's remains still |
| Built in the region of the convergence of Don | | | | lie beneath Castle Market and is a Grade II listed |
| River and Sheaf River, history states that | | | | site open to the public during the day. One of the |
| Thomas de Furnival obtained permission from | | | | castle's gate towers was also discovered by |
| then sovereign King Henry III to construct a | | | | archaeologists who now believe Sheffield Castle to |
| castle in the town of Sheffield in the year 1270. In | | | | have also been one of the most expansive |
| fact, the foundation stone that was laid at the | | | | castles in medieval England. |
| start of construction is still visible today via a door | | | | Visitors looking for that perfect,Sheffield hotel |
| in Castle Market where a staircase leads to the | | | | should be more than pleased with the stylish |
| sole protrusion of the foundation stone. Thomas | | | | Copthorne Hotel Sheffield. Ideally positioned within |
| de Furnival did not survive long after the | | | | 20 minutes of the Robin Hood Airport, this tranquil |
| completion of the castle and was subsequently | | | | rest just a meter away from the Millennium |
| buried in the structure with an engraved | | | | Galleries and Winter Garden is arguably the most |
| tombstone that read "I Lord Furnival; I built this | | | | conveniently placed hotel in Sheffield. |