The Codnor Castle programme which is titled 'Gold in the Moat' is to be shown on channel 4 on Sunday 6th January at 5:45pm.

The consolidation work to Codnor Castle is now well underway and UK Coal the land owners are putting around £750.000 into the consolidation project.  This is great news and Croft Conservation who is carrying out the repair work are doing a fantastic job.  Our thanks go out to UK Coal as without there help and commitment to Codnor Castle the Time Team dig and the consolidation work would not have been possible.  Please look at the images page for more photos of the consolidation work in progress.

Croft Conservation Stone mason at work.

The Time Team dig at Codnor Castle in June 2007 was a monumental success and we gained more information about the castle’s past than we ever dreamed of.  One of the most memorable finds was the discovery of the castle draw bridge, until the dig nobody had any idea the castle had such a feature.  Another very important discovery was the finding of foundations and remains of not one castle but three castles on the site.  We now know that over a period of time the castle was dismantled and rebuilt as its defences were made stronger and modified to suit the threat at the time.  Another great find uncovered was the Henry V Gold Noble coin.  The gold coin dates from 1413 to 1422, around the time of the battle of Agincourt.  We will soon have a full report on the Time Team dig on the Website, and the program is due to be shown on Channel 4 early in the New Year.  Please take a look on the images page for photos from the dig.

Tony Robinson & Phil Harding - Day 3

King Henry V Gold Noble coin found on day 3.