CSG Publications
About Us
The Castle Studies Group
Established in 1987 by the then Secretary Dr Robert Higham, the Castle Studies Group includes members both professional and amateur from a wide and varied range of historical and archaeological backgrounds, in the UK, Ireland and overseas.
Our aims are:
- To promote the study of castles in all their forms and by all possible means: documentary studies, architectural history, fieldwork and excavation
- To promote the study of castles as resources for a more widely based appreciation of medieval society, emphasising their social and political history, their defensive and domestic evolution, their role in settlement development and their value as a source for the reconstruction of landscapes and economic environments.
What We Do
CSG Research Resources
The Research resources offer a wide spread of interests: online academic PhD theses; visual resources in the form of antiquarian prints and drawings from the sixteenth century onwards; early Victorian photographic archives from the 1840s, and a developing list of specialist essays and papers that are only available from this page.
- Online e-theses, e-Journals & e-papers
- Antiquarian Image Resources
- Topographical Prints and Drawings
- Ella Armitage
- Shell-Keeps Revisited
- Derek Renn
- CSG Webinars & Videos
CSG Committee
Meet the CSG Team
Chair & Secretary:
Dr. Gillian Scott
Treasurer:
Dr. Peter Purton
Membership Secretary:
Dr. Richard A. J. Nevell
Journal Editor:
Dr. Duncan Berryman
Bulletin Editor:
Dr. Therron Welstead
Bibliography:
Dr Gillian Scott
Website Officer:
Holly Conway
2024 Conference Organiser:
England:
Richard Eales
Wales:
TBA
Scotland:
Dr. Penny Dransart
Northern Ireland:
Dr. Tom McNeill
Rep.of Ireland:
Brian Hodkinson
Membership
Become a CSG Member
Our membership is made up of all types of castle enthusiasts, from hobbyists to serious scholars, all sharing a common interest in the architecture, archaeology and history of the medieval period.
CSG Blog
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