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3D scans finally unveil a priest hole hidden in the walls of the famous ‘gunpowder plot’ Tudor mansion

Posted by on January 28, 2017

The secrets of a hidden room in Coughton Court, a Tudor mansion linked to the plot to assassinate King James I in 1605, have been revealed in a new study.

The double room was a hiding place for priests during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the 16th and 17th centuries and was leased by Sir Everard Digby, one of the leading conspirators of the plot.

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The room was discovered in the 1850s, but has now been re… (View original article)

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