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'Funny, occasionally filthy and ultimately fascinating.' - Richard Herring, comedian
Go to any ancient building in the land and there will be interesting and exciting stories presented to the visitor. Tales of secret passages and hidden tunnels, strange marks and carvings left by stonemasons – all commonly believed and widely repeated, but are they really true?
From ship timbers being repurposed on dry land to spiral staircases giving advantage to right-handed defenders, and from archers sharpening their arrows on church stones to claims of being the oldest pub in the country, Historic Building Mythbusting seeks to uncover the real stories.
Buildings archaeologist James Wright explains and unpicks the development of these myths and investigates the underlying truths behind them. Sometimes the realities hiding behind the stories are even more engaging, romantic and compelling than the myths themselves...
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About the Author
JAMES WRIGHT is a buildings archaeologist at Triskele Heritage who specialises in mediaeval and early modern architecture. He holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Nottingham, and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an affiliate of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. He has led buildings archaeology surveys at major properties including the Tower of London, St Mary’s Warwick, Palace of Westminster, Tattershall Castle, Southwark Cathedral and Knole. He won Best Archaeological Project at the British Archaeology Awards for his work at the latter. He has also surveyed dozens of domestic vernacular buildings from Wiltshire to Lancashire and from Norfolk to Powys.
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- PublisherThe History Press
- Publication date2024
- ISBN 10 1803994479
- ISBN 13 9781803994475
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages228
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