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This section of the website is devoted to the Press.  We have included a selection of press clippings from various Local and National News Papers, they cover just a few of the more recent historical events to have taken place at the Castle.

Below are thumbnail images of each press clipping, just click on the image and a larger version will download to your computer.

Visitor Centre
Everyone has an opinion about our visitor centre, and in 1989 that included the press and some very important persons.

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200 Monuments
In 1992 comments made by the then Chairman of English Heritage sparked off a national row that included Conisbrough Castle.

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The Roof and Floors Project
From the late nineteen eighties through to the mid-nineties only one thing really concerned those working at Conisbrough Castle.

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We will be adding more clippings soon, so watch this space.

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