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Category Archives: Roman

Starting at floor level

October 15, 2019by richardbrunningswht

The top coat of the rammed earth floor is being developed in the longhall. Recipe: 2 barrows of sieved clay subsoil, one barrow of sand, 2 buckets of lime, an […]

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Monty Python 50th celebration

September 10, 2019by richardbrunningswht

In honour of the 50 years of Monty Python silliness, and of one of the best films ever made. Thanks to Richard Barwell for the painting. Needless to say, he […]

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Sprucing up

July 22, 2019by richardbrunningswht

A big push was made to tidy up the site for the July open day. The longhall was fitted out with the new furniture and the ceiling in the Roman […]

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How to close a hypocaust flue?

July 9, 2019by richardbrunningswht

We are experimenting with a hypocaust system in our Roman dining room. We have 8 flues which take hot air from under the floor, up the wall and out under […]

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Hardie but no Laurel – how to make Roman tesserae

July 1, 2019by richardbrunningswht

Trials have begun on making tesserae for the mosaic floor in the Roman building. Stone (recycled from a Roman building) and tile are cut into rods by a tile cutter […]

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Pink to white

July 1, 2019by richardbrunningswht

The gable end of the Roman building was smeared pink from the red ochre lines by a tarpaulin was supposedly protecting it from red paint. Now re-limewashed, back to white.

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I keep a knocking but i can’t come in

June 20, 2019by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

The third door of the longhall was offered up this week and the line of the hinges marked out for mounting. Meanwhile table trestles were being made and a mass […]

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A hunting we will go

June 10, 2019by richardbrunningswht

The hunting scene has been finished – a fresco replica of a mosaic design from East Coker villa in Somerset. Very similar scenes are depicted on Roman villas as far […]

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Roman, Uncategorized, Villa

Boiled or raw linseed oil?

May 31, 2019by richardbrunningswht

Linseed oil is derived from flax seeds and has been used to treat wood for thousands of years. The boiled variety is often preferred now because it has a much […]

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Roman tortoise discovered on the moors

May 17, 2019by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

Last weekend a rare Roman tortoise (Testudo testudo) was spotted on the Somerset moors for the first time in over a thousand years. The slow moving beast was seen advancing […]

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