James Wright
@jpwarchaeology
Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval buildings mythbuster. Castles. Graffiti. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Live music. Ex-roadie.
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Weird phrasing here, but Historic England appear to be spouting myths.
This is a dovecote of c1400 that was resited as a domestic house c1600. It was called The 3 Pigeons in the 1750s and Fighting Cocks by 1807. The ludicrous claim to antiquity was invented in the 1890s.
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Yesterday's post about the overtly militaristic presentation of castles has thrown up a few queries. Yes, castles were once thought of as primarily defensive forts. Yet the last 40-50 years of research has emphasised much greater complexity. More here...
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Just sat through an entire Castle Studies Group Group online talk about the problems of overt militarism / mediaevalism in the heritage presentation of castles full well in the knowledge that my Tiny Son's toys (all acquired from castle gift shops) were on the sofa next to us...