The beautiful small things
As well as our large structures we are also adding smaller pieces of furniture and objects. This week we are featuring our latest game board, Alastair’s ‘hare and hounds’ game […]
Arts and crafts
The usual mix of art and craft continues at Avalon. Cats and dragons are appearing on the doorway to the ‘Oseberg’ themed bedroom in the longhall. A new table has […]
Latest Viking Home and Longship items
The latest Viking Home and Longship items can be seen in the longhall at Avalon Archaeology. These include the unisex Scandi-Bag range of shoulder bags, representing the pinnacle of personal […]
Roman pottery kiln bricks
There is a cunning plan to build a Roman pottery kiln at the Avalon Archaeology site. As a first step, some bricks are being pre-made for the kiln structure using […]
Viking benches
Amongst numerous other projects being undertaken by the volunteer team are some more benches being made for the site. One of them with have carved details on the two end […]
Xmas painting and woodwork
Amongst other work, the final painting of the roundhouse was completed before the Xmas party and a start was made on the painted design on the Viking chair from the […]
Iron Age bread week
This week we had fun making different breads in the longhall and the new Iron Age oven in the roundhouse. Lee’s naan bread cooked very well on a skillet over […]
Painted roundhouse
We have had another day of making paint using milk curds (with a touch of lime) as the binding agent and earth colours for the pigment (ochres and chalk). As […]
Viking design
We have been adding to our collection of Viking house and home replicas with an interesting roped box made by Kath. The rope acts as both a handle or carrying […]
How to make an Iron Age oven
An oven is being made in the roundhouse based on the ones discovered at Glastonbury Lake Village. It is 2 feet (61cm) in diameter internally with walls 4 inches (10cm) […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 