Time Team to seek buried treasure at Buckingham Palace

Telegraph ^ | August 19, 2006 | Caroline Davies

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They will also be trying to find out whether Buckingham Palace's garden contains the remains of defences built around London and Westminster by the Roundheads to keep out the King's forces. "It really amuses me that there is the possibility there might be a Roundhead garrison actually within the confines of Buckingham Palace," said Robinson... "The gardener thinks he knows where the canal is from the land pattern," said Simon Raikes, the series producer... At Windsor Castle one of the aims is to locate the remains of a building, said to be 200ft wide, which it is believed was built by Edward III in 1348 for a Round Table for his knights. Records show building materials were purchased but it seems it was not completed. "This was a mysterious building and it would be tremendous to locate it," said Mr Raikes. "From marks on the grass we believe it may be in the Quadrangle in the Upper Ward."

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