Smartening up
Stage 2 of the site tidying work has transformed the weedy mess at the back of the Bulleid andGray hut into a neat storage area, fit for Steve and Nic’s […]
Category Archives: Roman
Beastly stuff
Mike’s latest carving has made its appearance in the longhall. One last one is needed to finish the decoration of the timber ‘arch’ inside. The replica Oseberg ship burial bed […]
Speed painting award
Another good week of achievement by the volunteer group, attacking the messier parts of the site and undertaking the usual impressive array of different arts and crafts activities – wood […]
Discoveries
Hard work is being done to tidy up the site ready for opening in the summer. This week Steve and Nic did sterling work clearing the brambles and scrub that […]
No smoke without fire
A big site clearup has begun as part of the preparation for opening in the summer. To dispose of some of our vast stocks of waste wood the hypocaust in […]
As seen on TV
The longhall made a brief appearance on the new series of ‘Digging for Britain‘ as the location for some experimental beer brewing. As Stuart Prior said on the programme, it […]
Turning a corner
As Christmas hurtles towards us it feels like we are turning a corner. In fact we have turned several as you can see in the mosaic image below. The stone […]
Borders in the news
Borders have quite rightly been in the news this week, as 4m of blue border mosaic was laid in just one short day. That’s about a quarter of what is […]
The skills of volunteers
Another impressive day of work by the Hands on Heritage volunteers, with woodworking, mural painting and mosaic laying. All powered purely by cake (thank you Martin) and good fellowship.
Striding towards the sunlit uplands!
Progress on lots of fronts this week. Mosaic laying marches on in the Roman building, the Viking bed takes shape, the frames for the mural in the Saxon longhall are […]
Avalon Marshes 'Hands on Heritage' 