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Category Archives: Prehistory

Roundhouse creeps higher

March 17, 2020by richardbrunningswht

As raw materials gradually run out the roundhouse creeps higher.

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Roundhouse creeping higher

February 13, 2020by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

The roundhouse roof creeps higher, but as the diameter shrinks it becomes harder to weave. Several hundred bundles of reed from Ham Wall Natrure Reserve have been delivered for the […]

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Roundhouse going higher

February 7, 2020by richardbrunningswht

Work on the new roundhouse continues upwards with no break between the wall and the roof in this experimental design. Getting the angle right for the roof (55 degrees) is […]

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Prehistory, Roundhouse, Uncategorized

Roundhouse remodelled

January 21, 2020by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

After the Christmas break some changes were made to the roundhouse design, including a new doorway structure. The previous wattling was whipped off and a new version erected. We are […]

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Prehistory, Roundhouse

Roundhouse begins – day 1

December 15, 2019by richardbrunningswht

A week earlier than planned, work has begun on the replica of roundhouse 74 from Glastonbury Lake Village. The recent excavations showed that the wall posts only averaged 38mm in […]

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Carnyx calls

October 8, 2019by richardbrunningswht 3 Comments

Round the back of an industrial estate, the unlikely strains of an Iron Age carnyx (based on the 1816 finds from Deskford in Scotland) could be heard entertaining passing high […]

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World’s smallest cinema

July 18, 2019by richardbrunningswht

The World’s smallest cinema will open to the public for one day only on the 21st of July during the Viking day. The Bulleid and Gray cinema will show a […]

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excavation, Prehistory, Uncategorized

Mysteries of the Iron Age dead revealed

December 17, 2018by richardbrunningswht 2 Comments

A new study of 130 Iron Age bodies from 5 sites in Somerset has been undertaken by Cardiff University, revealing the mysterious ways in which human remains were treated. It […]

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excavation, Prehistory, Uncategorized

Iron Age woman from the Sowy River

December 4, 2018by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

A local dog walker found a human skull in the Sowy River in 2017 and the Police dated the remains to the middle Iron Age. Further work by SWHT has […]

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excavation, Prehistory, Uncategorized

Is Glastonbury Lake Village being destroyed by climate change?

November 20, 2018by richardbrunningswht 3 Comments

Water table monitoring has been going on for the last 3 years at the Iron Age Lake Village site, as part of a project helping to increase our knowledge of […]

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excavation, Prehistory

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