The daubing of the roundhouse wall has now been completed and we have been lucky enough to have had two days of workshops led by the wonderful folk from Pario Gallico, showing people how to make paint from scratch using natural ores and milk curds. Resisting the urge to use the curds for cottage cheese, the painting followed patterns from the pottery and woodwork from Glastonbury Lake Village. The results were surprisingly bold and effective. The designs were augmented by the occasional use of ammonites for impressed decoration, following the unique evidence from the lake village site. We have also experimented with a ‘plaster’ made of clay subsoil, sand and horse poo. It seems to have held well without cracking after 1 week.