A Launch into the Unknown
The 18th of March will forever be remembered as the day the boats were launched. With a shout of command and a concerted heave, we shifted the mighty wooden behemoths […]
The 18th of March will forever be remembered as the day the boats were launched. With a shout of command and a concerted heave, we shifted the mighty wooden behemoths […]
In the foundations of one of the roundhouses at Glastonbury Lake Village, Arthur Bullied discovered what he described as part of a broken canoe made of beech. Conveniently for us, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!). […]
Carving continued over the following Monday with the designs embellished and additional gargoyle-like creations being shaped onto the bedposts (some of them particularly terrifying). Wednesday’s group grew to even more […]
After a hectic summer of digging and events its time to get focussed on the Roman Building and some of the other projects we have on the go. At this […]
The peaceful silence of a Summer Monday morning, deep in the ancient Exmoor woods, was shattered by the sound of hammers and axes setting to work. We were getting started on […]
Wednesday the 5th marked the second Hands on Heritage Day! With our crack team of volunteers we began making prehistoric paddles in preparation for our dugout canoe (the log for […]
In order to get started on one of the prehistoric dugout canoes we needed some wood. In fact, we needed a very large bit of wood. The word was spread […]