Plaster and render
Plastering on the inside and rendering on the outside. Its all go with the Roman building as 17 volunteers swarmed all over the site last week. Terry’s windows looking especially […]
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Beautiful bows
Its not all hard work at the Avalon Marshes Centre, we also have educational moments (rarely I admit). We were very lucky to have Michael, an archery expert, providing a […]
Something fishy with Walter the hermit at Burtle Priory
The community excavation at Burtle Priory revealed the grave of an adult male, which had been partially cut through by a refuse pit at the Dissoloution of the Monasteries. Radiocarbon […]
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.
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 […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 