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“….Archaeologists have made an exciting discovery in the Queen Pool at Blenheim Palace prior to dredging work….They believe they have uncovered the remains of a 14th century watermill complex….”

So reads the opening of this article. A new discovery at somewhere as historic as Blenheim is very exciting. But maybe it was its Woodstock Palace period that’s of more interest to the likes of us.

Blenheim was very different back then. It was the royal hunting lodge of Woodstock Palace, the delight of many a medieval monarch. They all seem to have loved it there. And Henry II supposedly hid his mistress, Rosamund Clifford, there. But that’s most probably just a little story.

I do hope the excavations turn up loads of new information about somewhere that has played a large part in our country’s heritage. The old mill saw a lot of history, and many figures about whom we love to read.

So, sixteen monarchs and seven hundred years of huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’. Well, not sure about the fishin’ bit. Except, perhaps, Henry VII! 😁