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Hidden in Plain Sight: Unmasking Scotland's First Knights Templar
In 2019, a family bought a dilapidated church to turn into their dream home. They hoped to lessen the risk of buying an ancient church, by seeking a property that had already undergone the rigours of planning approval, building survey, archaeological inspection, and architectural consideration. However, soon after purchase, it became apparent the original owners and their agents, neither understood nor researched the restrictions of the site, or deliberately withheld the critical issues from the sale.
In amongst the misplay, was the misidentification of the church's bells by a Scottish governmental audit. Therefore, the new owners, one a qualified and trained forensic archaeologist, the other, experienced in historical research, embarked on a thorough examination of the bells, their sponsor, and the site. On their journey, traveling through a catalogue of one-hundred-and-twenty years of misunderstanding, incompetence, and negligence, they lost hope of making a home, but discovered hidden history and unique priceless 12th century Knights Templar artefacts.
Incontrovertibly, two church bells sponsored by a 12th century knight, William le Riche, hung above the owners’ heads. Beneath their feet, lay the remains of a former abbey and decorative stone from a dismantled Templar-built church. Within the decay of a 18th century church, existed the oldest provenanced Christian bells in the world, and the oldest provenanced material artefact sponsored by a Knights Templar master, installed to serve an unrecorded Templar convent.
The detailed investigation-report was presented before professional academics and Scotland’s government sponsored historical agencies but denied review without good reason or any scholarly counter. Thus, it became a quest, not to prove newfound Templar history, but a trial to penetrate ubiquitous academic bias and arrogance directed at the finders, deemed ‘amateur’ and so invalid, even with presentation of an estimable investigation and incontestable evidence.
This account, by one of the finders, is offered to support their campaign for the presentation of newly discovered history to be impartially considered, the record purged of falsity, and heritage protected. It chronicles the circumstances around an amazing Templar discovery, the exposure of hidden history, and frustration encountered attempting to penetrate an ubiquitous professional academic philosophy, commonly termed—academic snobbery.
Both the bells and the church are under immediate threat. The owners have sacrificed much to protect their mis-bought heritage, while agents, who are supposed to foster historical enquiry and safeguard the historical environment, do nothing but avoid the discovery because it comes from outside their ranks.
Royalties from this book will contribute to a campaign, protecting medieval heritage, coercing diligent action from Scotland's 'history keepers', and essential audit of the historical record to remove falsity. www.hiddenheritage.info
In amongst the misplay, was the misidentification of the church's bells by a Scottish governmental audit. Therefore, the new owners, one a qualified and trained forensic archaeologist, the other, experienced in historical research, embarked on a thorough examination of the bells, their sponsor, and the site. On their journey, traveling through a catalogue of one-hundred-and-twenty years of misunderstanding, incompetence, and negligence, they lost hope of making a home, but discovered hidden history and unique priceless 12th century Knights Templar artefacts.
Incontrovertibly, two church bells sponsored by a 12th century knight, William le Riche, hung above the owners’ heads. Beneath their feet, lay the remains of a former abbey and decorative stone from a dismantled Templar-built church. Within the decay of a 18th century church, existed the oldest provenanced Christian bells in the world, and the oldest provenanced material artefact sponsored by a Knights Templar master, installed to serve an unrecorded Templar convent.
The detailed investigation-report was presented before professional academics and Scotland’s government sponsored historical agencies but denied review without good reason or any scholarly counter. Thus, it became a quest, not to prove newfound Templar history, but a trial to penetrate ubiquitous academic bias and arrogance directed at the finders, deemed ‘amateur’ and so invalid, even with presentation of an estimable investigation and incontestable evidence.
This account, by one of the finders, is offered to support their campaign for the presentation of newly discovered history to be impartially considered, the record purged of falsity, and heritage protected. It chronicles the circumstances around an amazing Templar discovery, the exposure of hidden history, and frustration encountered attempting to penetrate an ubiquitous professional academic philosophy, commonly termed—academic snobbery.
Both the bells and the church are under immediate threat. The owners have sacrificed much to protect their mis-bought heritage, while agents, who are supposed to foster historical enquiry and safeguard the historical environment, do nothing but avoid the discovery because it comes from outside their ranks.
Royalties from this book will contribute to a campaign, protecting medieval heritage, coercing diligent action from Scotland's 'history keepers', and essential audit of the historical record to remove falsity. www.hiddenheritage.info
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 3, 2024
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