Historic Building Mythbusting - Dr James Wright

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Secret passages, spiral staircases built for right-handed swordsmen, the oldest pub in the country... how many of these stories are true?

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<h3>Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology</h3> Go to any ancient building and there will be interesting, exciting, and romantic stories presented to the visitor. They are commonly believed and widely repeated – but are they really true? These stories include those of secret passages linking ancient buildings, spiral staircases in castles giving advantage to right-handed defenders, ship timbers used in the construction of buildings on land, blocked doors in churches which are thought to keep the Devil out and claims to be the oldest pub in the country.James Wright will explain the development of such myths and investigate the underlying truths behind them. Sometimes the realities hiding behind the stories are even more interesting, romantic, and exciting than the myth itself…The speaker, <a href="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/james-wright/" title="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/james-wright/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">James Wright</a> (<a href="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/" title="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Triskele Heritage</a>), 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 is the author of the popular <a href="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog/" title="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog</a> and his book <a href="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/historic-building-mythbusting/9781803994475/" title="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/historic-building-mythbusting/9781803994475/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Historic Building Mythbusting</a> was released via <a href="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/" title="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The History Press</a> on 6 June 2024.

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