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Remains of real Wolf Hall discovered by archaeologists

The Tudor home of the Seymour family, setting of Hilary Mantel’s books, has been discovered in the grounds of a later manor in Wiltshire
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall. Photograph: Giles Keyte/BBC/Company Productions Ltd

The Wolf Hall made famous by Hilary Mantel’s historical novels, has been unearthed, 500 years after it was razed to the ground.

The magnificent home of the Seymour family, where the Tudor king Henry VIII first showed an interest in his third wife, Jane Seymour, fell into ruin 40 years after it was built. Over time it became unclear where the house was located or what it looked like.

Now original features of the 16th-century

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