The long view
Work continues on our two long term projects, the Roman mosaic floor and the Saxon mural. The guilloche border has snaked itself around more than half the room and part […]
Work continues on our two long term projects, the Roman mosaic floor and the Saxon mural. The guilloche border has snaked itself around more than half the room and part […]
The replica carnyx and cornu made their brief appearance in the Taunton Street Music festival at the weekend. In the picture below the cornu can be see being played by […]
The bedroom in the longhall is looking good with its new red ochre stripes and plans are afoot for a few items of Viking furniture to go in the room. […]
They may sound like two French cartoon characters, but they are in fact ancient musical instruments. We have replicas of both, which have just been tweeked to perfection by the […]
As the back room of the Saxon longhall has now been turned into a bedroom by the addition of the Oseberg inspired bed, it was decided to add a bit […]
The mural of Alfred and the Vikings on the longhall wall is coming along nicely too. If you live in Somerset, see if you can find your location on the […]
Work continues on the mosaic floor in the Roman building, with added details inside the guilloche border based on the mosaic from Bratton Seymour (now also recreated in the dining […]
Some close up pics of the bed inspired by the finds from the Oseberg and Gokstad ship burials in Norway. Are the creatures depicted on the corners at the head […]
A replica has been made of a bed based on the evidence from the Oseberg and Gokstad ship burials in Norway for the back room in the Saxon longhall. Why […]
Lots has been going on over the last few weeks, finishing the rammed earth floor in the longhall backroom, making the last joints in the Viking bed, steadily progressing with […]