A number of human skulls were found. Examination revealed they were severed heads that may well have once adorned the battlements. Arrowheads and medieval coins as well as locks and keys were found. Digs also unearthed a large collection of medieval pottery dated from the late 12th to 14th centuries. The excavations have proved exciting for the wealth of new insights, but there are no plans to attempt a restoration or rebuilding.
Walls are to be stabilised in order to prevent further collapse.
It is a shrewd decision. Any rebuilding of this most beautiful of places could at best hope for a pastiche resurrection of what must have been, and still is, a magnificent and intimidating sight.