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Item number: P2002.1461

Looking south-west from between the Constable Tower and the Vetrans Shelter. For generations custodians living at the castle were allowed to use the lower area just outside the port-cullis as their private garden. This photo was taken in 1984 to record the park and garden features which were removed by the consolidation scheme of 1984-5
Pontefract Castle, allotment on lower castle lawn before castle restoration.
Richard Van Riel
Date: 1984