Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog

Welcome to the Triskele Heritage blog discussing the folklore of mediaeval buildings. Each post is written by James Wright and will seek to investigate, interrogate and explain commonly repeated stories about historic architecture.

The blog is the basis of a forthcoming book – Historic Building Mythbusting – Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology which will be released via The History Press on 6 June 2024. More information can be found here:

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #27: Invented History – Paranormal’s Dark Problem

8 January 2024

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #26: The Ancient Ram Inn

13 November 2023

Picture Source: Steve H / Tripadvisor

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #25: Sean’s Bar

22 October 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #24: Left-handed Kerrs

15 August 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #23: The Bingley Arms

2 July 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #22: The Fowlmere Tunnel

28 May 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #21: “Just check the records!” …and why this might not date your house

10 April 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #20: What is a Castle?

29 March 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #19: Dating Dilemmas

24 January 2023

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #18: Sex, Stonemasons & the Sacred

26 September 2022

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #17: Britain’s Oldest Pub

29 August 2022

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #16: Reinterpreting Tattershall Castle

28 July 2022

Picture Credit:  Labyrinth Mini Movies
Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #15: “Dendrochronology dates the timber, not the building!” …and other fallacies

23 January 2022

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #14: Transmitting the Tunnel Tale

11 December 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #13: Ship Timbers

11 December 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #12: Stonemason’s Marks

29 November 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #11: The Pentagram

20 October 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #10: Arrow Stones

2 August 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #9: Burton’s Templar Tunnels

29 July 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #8: Burn Marks

8 July 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #7: Nottingham Isn’t a “Proper” Castle

18 June 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #6: Guildford’s Subterranean World

30 April 2021

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #5: The Tintern Tunnels

5 March 2020

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #4: Monks, Miners & Myths – Secret Passages & the Catholic Revival

16 December 2020

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #3: Fighting on Spiral Staircases

21 November 2020

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #2: The Problem of “Witchmarks”

24 October 2020

Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #1: Nottingham’s Oldest Pub

10 September 2020

About the author

James Wright is an award-winning buildings archaeologist. He has two decades professional experience of ferreting around in people’s cellars, hunting through their attics and digging up their gardens. He hopes to find meaningful truths about how ordinary and extraordinary folk lived their lives in the mediaeval period.

He welcomes contact through Twitter or email.