Sheds, Shacks and Shelters Pt. 3
Time for a bit of a catch up on the vast amount of goings on down at the Avalon Marshes Centre! Rob and Bob’s shack is nearing completion; two Wednesdays […]
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Sheds, Shacks and Shelters Pt.2
Aided by the glorious sunshine, Rob and Bob have made some pretty substantial progress on the structure over the last couple of weeks. They began by heading out with the Avalon […]
Sheds, Shacks and Shelters Pt.1
Contrary to popular belief, not all the buildings in the Iron Age were round. In fact, a great many of the non-residential, ancillary structures were square or rectangular, built using […]
Tinkering with Tar
Thinking about solutions to plug our crack in the canoe, we stumbled upon an idea that had been lurking in the back of our minds for some time now- what […]
Ferrous Fascinations
Due to foul weather in January, the second in our series of workshops on prehistoric metallurgy, was postponed until now. With Spring gagging to break Winter’s grip it was time […]
Paddling through Prehistory Pt. 3
It was all hands to the deck over the last couple of Wednesdays, as work raced on with the canoe. The first task, now the canoe was back the right […]
Paddling through Prehistory Pt.2
Over the last few weeks we have stepped up work on our replica Shapwick dugout canoe quite dramatically (and our ability to utilise 21st century technology to record our progress!). […]
Prehistoric Pyromancy and Pottery Pt.2
…With the giant clay edifice cool and cracking, we began peeling back the layers to expose our work which lay within. The pots were still warm to the touch, coated […]
Prehistoric Pyromancy and Pottery Pt.1
This Winter has already seen a range of pyrotechnical goings on at the Avalon Marshes Centre, from charcoal burning to bronze casting, this latest excursion was into the world of […]
Alchemical Adventures
The weekend of the 18th & 19th of January will forever stay in our minds as the Weekend of Alchemy, a magical insight into the world of fire and molten […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 