Mosaic speeding up
As the mosaic team have become more accustomed to the work, things have begun to speed up and the overall pattern is taking shape nicely. Its noticeably quicker on the […]
As the mosaic team have become more accustomed to the work, things have begun to speed up and the overall pattern is taking shape nicely. Its noticeably quicker on the […]
Between the site tours, work continues by the volunteers every week, adding more details to the site. Vikings and peasants have arrived on the mural in the longhall, fresh wattlework […]
The site has been made to look pretty for the first week of public tours. Steve’s palisade gate featured on the Gate Appreciation Society facebook page, the back room of […]
A busy week with the volunteers, with the dias floorboards relaid in the longhall, its gable end given a much needed new coat of limewash (with yellow ochre) and the […]
Despite the freezing fog we had another busy week with flooring repairs, palisade stakes going on the main gate, beastly leg carving (refering to the subject matter not the quality), […]
At long last we are able to open for visits. During February and March this will be possible on booked tours of the site. More extensive opening times will be […]
2023 began with a flurry of activity on site with the removal of the older hazel wattlework from the roundhouse porch and the lifting of the dias flooring in the […]
The final design for the roundhouse has been produced by our consultants, WKD Wych Enterprises Ltd. Work will begin in January if approved at a health and safethy inspection by […]
A reminder of what has been done with the Roman mosaic so far.
Pre Christmas activity included a trip to the lovely woods at Shipham, managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. SWT’s Chris Eyles was kindly helping us to gather coppice material to […]