Secret Passages and Hidden Tunnels with Dr James Wright

Every single hamlet, village, town and city in the British Isles has a story of secret passages running beneath the landscape. The tales speak of hidden tunnels connecting the castle and the monastery, or the hermitage and the pub, or the church and the manor house. Often these are supposed to be escape tunnels, sometimes they are connected with smuggling or treasure, on other occasions the given reasons for their existence are somewhat salacious and scandalous. The folklore of Britain’s subterranean landscape is ubiquitous, but is there ever any archaeological evidence for these yarns? What are the underlying truths? Can the stories ever tell us something about how people think about their communities and heritage?

Dr James Wright (Triskele Heritage), is an award winning buildings archaeologist with 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. 

Timings & Tours

Wednesday 11 September:

6pm

Location & directions

Central Library, Calverley Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3AB

Contact on day:

Leeds Central Library

Telephone number:

+441133785005

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking preferred

Booking conditions:

Please book your ticket through the Leeds Libraries Ticketsource page.

Booking contact name:

Leeds Central Library

Booking telephone number:

+441133785005

Booking email:

[email protected]

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https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/leedslibraryevents/t-krxongk

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