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Morning Richard, and I hope the New Year finds you well. In the course of doing this little Start, St Mary's Church, Pembridge, I came across an interesting article published in Vernacular Architecture, for which I hope I've cited the doi correctly! What's particularly fascinating is that the authors challenge the traditional explanation for detached church towers as defensive in purpose - a view I've always held. They suggest that a more likely explanation might be structural, in that a tower, being taller, would settle further into the ground than the body of a church, and if attached might cause the church to fall down! [I've summarised the argument rather poorly]. I was wondering if you are aware of any more literature on this? I'd like to do a bit more reading up on it if possible. All the very best. KJP1 (talk) 10:15, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, so the short answer is 'not directly' but I can think of two ways of approaching it. I don't recall coming across that particular explanation (though it is certainly interesting) but it brings to mind Michael Shapland's work. His 2019 book, Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship addresses free-standing towers. But the main focus is a couple of centuries earlier than St Mary's Church. As an intro, there's a recording of a talk he gave to the Society of Antiquaries.

That's the Anglo-Saxon direction, the other is from the direction of castle studies. Will Wyeth's paper on motte towers is well worth a read and mentions St Mary's Pembridge as a comparison. It's a while since I read it closely (more years that I realised until just now), so I can't speak to the detail. Richard Nevell (talk) 10:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Richard - many thanks, for the above and for the material. Very much appreciated. I shall read it with interest. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 14:37, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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(talk page stalker) - have left a comment at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip/1. It's not clear to me that the requirements for initiating a review have been met. KJP1 (talk) 09:49, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]