TWENTY-FIVE years ago, local archeology buffs uncovered a wall of Bury's 14th Century castle.
After 1066 the manor of Bury was held by the De Bury family until the 14th century. Then it passed, by marriage, to the Pilkingtons, who fortified the building.
In 1415, the family fought for Henry V at Agincourt. But in the Wars of the Roses, the Pilkingtons picked the wrong side. Henry Tudor, victor of Bosworth Field in 1485 took their land away. He gave it to Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby, who had changed sides. The wall uncovered was identified as being the outer wall built by the Pilkingtons in 1469.
The site was soon filled in again but there are now plans to turn the remains into a tourist attraction.
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