James Wright
@jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Live music. Ex-roadie.
Triskele Heritage
https://triskeleheritage.com
Based in Nottingham, UK
Triskele Heritage
https://triskeleheritage.com
Based in Nottingham, UK
Just one week to go until the online talk on Dating Ancient Buildings. Part of the session will look at how archaeological survey can build up the evidence for clues to phases of construction...
Please do join us at 7pmGMT on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Please do join us at 7pmGMT on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Just one week to go until the online talk on Dating Ancient Buildings. Part of the session will look at how archaeological survey can build up the evidence for clues to phases of construction...
Please do join us at 7pmGMT on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Please do join us at 7pmGMT on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Accidentally took a selfie of my soul.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Accidentally took a selfie of my soul.
Escaped from Midsomer and am heading home to Sneinton where everything is definitely always completely normal...
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Escaped from Midsomer and am heading home to Sneinton where everything is definitely always completely normal...
Survived the night in Midsomer country. Now off to give three lectures for The Arts Society. Probably still a strong chance of Barnaby having to be called in?
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Survived the night in Midsomer country. Now off to give three lectures for The Arts Society. Probably still a strong chance of Barnaby having to be called in?
Staying in Midsomer Murders territory tonight. There is a local election taking place in the village. Can't help but think that DCI Tom "Bergerac" Barnaby might need to intervene by dusk...
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Staying in Midsomer Murders territory tonight. There is a local election taking place in the village. Can't help but think that DCI Tom "Bergerac" Barnaby might need to intervene by dusk...
Meriadoc Brandybuck has been investigating the Longbottom Leaf in our cellar.
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Meriadoc Brandybuck has been investigating the Longbottom Leaf in our cellar.
Tree-ring dating has revolutionised our understanding of the age of ancient buildings. A house in Norwell (Notts) which was thought to be 18th century turned out to be 14th century.
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tree-ring dating has revolutionised our understanding of the age of ancient buildings. A house in Norwell (Notts) which was thought to be 18th century turned out to be 14th century.
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
My north Wales hotel offers tremendous sea views...
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
My north Wales hotel offers tremendous sea views...
'And tomorrow brings another train
Another young brave steals away
But you're the one I remember
From these valleys of green and the grey'
Another young brave steals away
But you're the one I remember
From these valleys of green and the grey'
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
'And tomorrow brings another train
Another young brave steals away
But you're the one I remember
From these valleys of green and the grey'
Another young brave steals away
But you're the one I remember
From these valleys of green and the grey'
Spotted Richard III Society repeating the myth that rude carvings in churches were put there by unpaid masons. Instead they relate to a form of spirituality called negative mysticism: achieving salvation by resistance to temptation. More here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Spotted Richard III Society repeating the myth that rude carvings in churches were put there by unpaid masons. Instead they relate to a form of spirituality called negative mysticism: achieving salvation by resistance to temptation. More here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
I'm back doing online talks again this winter. First one is on 25 November and will be a look at Dating Ancient Buildings though archives, archaeology and dendrochronology.
Booking is now open and places are going extremely fast...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Booking is now open and places are going extremely fast...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm back doing online talks again this winter. First one is on 25 November and will be a look at Dating Ancient Buildings though archives, archaeology and dendrochronology.
Booking is now open and places are going extremely fast...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Booking is now open and places are going extremely fast...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
This charming view of a Worcestershire house is from a map of 1744. Its the earliest archival evidence for the property... but we know from dendrochronology that the building is c 300 years older.
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This charming view of a Worcestershire house is from a map of 1744. Its the earliest archival evidence for the property... but we know from dendrochronology that the building is c 300 years older.
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
The dated references for the history of a house in Worcestershire.
✅️ Yes, my bookshelves are now a chronology.
✅️ Yes, I'm an archaeologist.
✅️ Yes, I think visually and physically.
❌️ No, I can't hold this in my head or relate to it as digital files.
✅️ Yes, my bookshelves are now a chronology.
✅️ Yes, I'm an archaeologist.
✅️ Yes, I think visually and physically.
❌️ No, I can't hold this in my head or relate to it as digital files.
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The dated references for the history of a house in Worcestershire.
✅️ Yes, my bookshelves are now a chronology.
✅️ Yes, I'm an archaeologist.
✅️ Yes, I think visually and physically.
❌️ No, I can't hold this in my head or relate to it as digital files.
✅️ Yes, my bookshelves are now a chronology.
✅️ Yes, I'm an archaeologist.
✅️ Yes, I think visually and physically.
❌️ No, I can't hold this in my head or relate to it as digital files.
Spotted this blocked window and chute in the chimney at Oakwell Hall. The window once lit and ventilated a latrine next to the fireplace in a bedchamber. I can't begin to emphasise enough just how posh heated chambers with toilets were in 16th century West Yorkshire! 🔥🛏💩🏰
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Spotted this blocked window and chute in the chimney at Oakwell Hall. The window once lit and ventilated a latrine next to the fireplace in a bedchamber. I can't begin to emphasise enough just how posh heated chambers with toilets were in 16th century West Yorkshire! 🔥🛏💩🏰
Cruck frame barn, dated c 1550, from Llanerch Banna (Flint) and now at St Fagans National Museum of History.
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Cruck frame barn, dated c 1550, from Llanerch Banna (Flint) and now at St Fagans National Museum of History.
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Dear Heritage Comms Offices,
Please stop using the phrase "witchmarks" in your Halloween cash in posts. It is inaccurate, reductive & unhelpful. Other terms can be used. Contextualise and explain. Don't dumb down.
More info here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...
Please stop using the phrase "witchmarks" in your Halloween cash in posts. It is inaccurate, reductive & unhelpful. Other terms can be used. Contextualise and explain. Don't dumb down.
More info here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Dear Heritage Comms Offices,
Please stop using the phrase "witchmarks" in your Halloween cash in posts. It is inaccurate, reductive & unhelpful. Other terms can be used. Contextualise and explain. Don't dumb down.
More info here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...
Please stop using the phrase "witchmarks" in your Halloween cash in posts. It is inaccurate, reductive & unhelpful. Other terms can be used. Contextualise and explain. Don't dumb down.
More info here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...
Wtf is this? Should I turn it off and on again?
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Wtf is this? Should I turn it off and on again?
Appropriate that these two feuding felines agreed a temporary truce for Black Cat Day.
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Appropriate that these two feuding felines agreed a temporary truce for Black Cat Day.
Haddon Hall are interpreting burn marks as apotropaic rather than accidents & the Trip to Jerusalem changed the website to reflect its real history! Pleased that the Mythbusting book is doing its job! Now, we just need Colchester Castle to stop with the spiral stairs myth...
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haddon Hall are interpreting burn marks as apotropaic rather than accidents & the Trip to Jerusalem changed the website to reflect its real history! Pleased that the Mythbusting book is doing its job! Now, we just need Colchester Castle to stop with the spiral stairs myth...
Gig Number 2 of the Weekend. A trip over to Brum for an impressive Big Rock Show by the ever-mighty Fields of the Nephilim 🖤
October 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Gig Number 2 of the Weekend. A trip over to Brum for an impressive Big Rock Show by the ever-mighty Fields of the Nephilim 🖤
Took a trip back to 2005 for one night only with TCC. Shall we just say that we got into a few japes'n'scrapes with these lads back in t'day...
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Took a trip back to 2005 for one night only with TCC. Shall we just say that we got into a few japes'n'scrapes with these lads back in t'day...
Old maps are an important resource for understanding historic buildings. This map shows the semi-fossilized mediaeval plan of Sneinton (Notts) in 1796. Only two buildings are still standing!
Join us for an online talk, Dating Ancient Buildings on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Join us for an online talk, Dating Ancient Buildings on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Old maps are an important resource for understanding historic buildings. This map shows the semi-fossilized mediaeval plan of Sneinton (Notts) in 1796. Only two buildings are still standing!
Join us for an online talk, Dating Ancient Buildings on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Join us for an online talk, Dating Ancient Buildings on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Triskele Heritage has new members of staff...
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Triskele Heritage has new members of staff...
'...when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
'...when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.'
Surprised that Mythbusting has been shortlisted for The Katharine Briggs Award by The Folklore Society. The folklore community have been so incredibly positive & supportive of the book & its a real honour to be nominated alongside such amazing authors 🙂
www.folklore-society.com/blog/post/th...
www.folklore-society.com/blog/post/th...
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Surprised that Mythbusting has been shortlisted for The Katharine Briggs Award by The Folklore Society. The folklore community have been so incredibly positive & supportive of the book & its a real honour to be nominated alongside such amazing authors 🙂
www.folklore-society.com/blog/post/th...
www.folklore-society.com/blog/post/th...