For several years, James Wright of Triskele Heritage has been engaged in a project which seeks to investigate and debunk commonly believed and repeated tales about ancient buildings.
These stories include secret passages beneath the landscape, ship timbers in old buildings, spiral staircases twisting clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders, stones in churches used to sharpen arrows, claims to be the oldest pub in the country… and many, many more!
The project 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:
James will be engaged in a year long, in-person, speaking tour to promote the book between June 2024 and May 2025. All confirmed dates and ticket links are available here:
The book is based on the Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog, which remains very much active, and can be found here:
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