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 book – Historic Building Mythbusting – Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology which was released via The History Press in June 2024. More information can be found here:
Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #28: Ancient Pub-lore
17 April 2024
Picture Source: Tripadvisor
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
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.
