Once more to the breach!
Once more to the breach dear friends, once more. For to close up the wall with our English daub. In November there’s nothing so becomes a person as modest shivering […]
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Doorway to the past
After much experimentation Steve and Marc perfect their method of easily removed pivoting doors, with no need for hinges. Well worth the wait. Meanwhile subsoil arrives for the daubing of […]
Gripping beasts
Decorative bargeboards are going up on the gable ends and above the doors of the Saxon longhall. Together with Mike’s beasts, they will add a fearsome touch and keep away […]
Harling not hurling
In the last few weeks we have been getting plastered on a regular basis. To make the cob walls of the Roman building more waterproof we have been adding several […]
The roof is on!
Hurrah! After putting on about 15,000 hand split oak shakes the roof of the Saxon hall has been completed. A traditional Saxon celebration of roast pork, mead, carrot cake and […]
Through a glass darkly
Hurrah! The windows are in the Roman building (well done Terry and Rod) and the shingles are on the smoke hood roof. The cob walls are being smoothed off. There […]
Summer frenzy
Despite the oppressive heat of our British summer (last Tuesday if you missed it) work continued on site fuelled by steely determination, a can-do attitude, doughnuts and ice creams (thank […]
Firing up!
A Roman hypocaust has been lit in Somerset for the first time in 1,550 years (give or take a few). The underfloor heating system was fired up a few days […]
A window on the past
The windows for the Roman building have arrived safely, courtesy of our resident glass expert Terry. Sadly the sills were not level enough so have to be tweaked to provide […]
Flues, valleys, glass and Viking invasion
Exciting times on the archaeological building site. On the Roman building the scaffolding is down and the hypocaust flues are going in the walls. On the Saxon longhall shingles are […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 