Castle

Oral History

Project

In Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, plenty of medieval structures remain and have been subsumed into the everyday experience of the built environment.

The continued presence of medieval architecture within British and Irish landscapes means that modern people understand these structures in their own terms. Locals living near medieval sites, specifically castles, understand the medieval past in a more intimate way than if they could only interact with medieval material culture in a museum or archive.

This project seeks to understand the relationship between those living near medieval castles today and the castles themselves. By collecting oral histories, community members will describe their own knowledge of the castle be a co-producer in new knowledge about the site.

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Meet the Team


  • Lead Oral Historian

    Wendy is interested in understanding how current communities understand the medieval past. For this project, she is conducting interviews with community members that live near castle sites.

    This oral history collection will be part of her Public History PhD dissertation.


  • Assistant Oral Historian


  • Assistant Oral Historian