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[The following photographs were not included in the original report]

Fig. 11. The buildings shown within the area A B C D on this 1920s aerial photograph of Market Place, Oakham,
were demolished sometime before January 1947 when a RAF aerial photograph (Rutland County Museum) shows
that the site had already been cleared . Peter Gathercole conducted his archaeological investigation on this site in
1953 and 1954 prior to the erection of the new Post Office building. E is the Shambles and F is the Great Hall of
Oakham Castle (Jack Hart Collection – Rutland County Museum).

Figs. 11 (left) and 12 (right): 1920s photographs of the shops which formerly stood on the land now occupied by the
Post Office building in Market Place, Oakham (Jack Hart Collection – Rutland County Museum).

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