Students say the accidental discovery of possible Tudor tunnels under their school has been inspiring.
New Hall School in Chelmsford was built on the grounds of King Henry VIII’s Tudor Palace of Beaulieu, an estate he acquired from wife Anne Boleyn’s family in 1517.
While repairing a nearby ha-ha, which is a long ditch used to contain livestock, workers found the entrance to a tunnel, along with pottery, bones, glass bottles and more.
History student Florian, 17, said: “It really does never cease to amaze you the amount of history and the sort of richness of that history that we have here.”