Village’s amateur archaeologists find lost Tudor palace in back garden

Collyweston Palace, home of Henry VII's mother, uncovered despite no money, no expertise, no plans'

When a group of amateur archaeologists set out to find the buried remains of a Tudor palace in their Northamptonshire village five years ago, they knew the odds were against them.

Many of us were brought up in the village, and you hear about this lost palace, and wonder whether it's a myth or real. So we just wanted to find it," said Chris Close, the chair of the Collyweston Historical and Preservation Society (Chaps) which made the discovery of the Palace of Collyweston in a back garden this year.