Going, going, going,…gone yellow
And Lo! it came to pass that the wall of the Saxon longhall turned yellow on the outside, and there was great rejoicing…and cake.
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Saxon laser art
Continuing the art theme, we discovered that the smoke holes make great solar laser art in the Saxon longhall on a sunny morning. The pastering is a work of art […]
Art Romanus
As part of Somerset Art Week, artist Sean Harris conjured up an amazing audio-visual display in the Roman dining-room at the Avalon Marshes Centre, appropriately blending the landscape, wildlife and […]
In and out days
The inside of the Roman dining-room has started to get its first additions of render, with the stone fakery continuing into the doorway. The Saxon longhall has almost finished turning […]
Avalon in Italy
Now we have a UK award we are going international, with 5 film entries in the 28th International Review of Archaeological Cinema in Roverto Italy. They are the only UK […]
Award winning
Yesterday reps from the partner organisations attended the HLF Lottery Award ceremony 2017 and collected the trophy for the Avalon Marshes Landscape Partnership project. The saxon longhall will feature very […]
Illuminating the past
As light relief, 8 volunteers made replica Roman oil lamps at the Brick and Tile Museum with John French. Once they have been fired, they will be used to light […]
Total Victory!
The Avalon Marshes Landscape partnership project achieved total victory over all its rivals to win the National Lottery 2017 Award for best environmental project. Bill Bailey presented the award at […]
Hairy walls
As beards are now back in fashion we are following the trend with hairy walls for the Saxon longhall. A traditional horse hair plaster is being added to the inside […]
A different view
On the last open day, Ian and Megan from ‘cosmicoak’ company took some 360 virtual reality images of the buildings which could be viewed there and then on a phone […]
