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 […]
Category Archives: Roman
How to lay a Roman mosaic
The laying of the mosaic began at last this week with a patch of the black and white border, within a wooden frame set to the final depth (35mm). The […]
Getting plastered!
Another busy week with a final plaster skim being added in the longhall for the mural (Alfred vs the Vikings), which is beginning to be sketched out, based on the […]
Diabolic designs?
Strange designs have appeared on the floor of the Roman building. Vandalism by a devil worshiping clique? Thankfully not, its just the mosaic design being laid out, following a design […]
Stone the Porch
The stone tile roofing of the porch of the Roman building has finally been completed and looks fabulous. Its made from two different shades of limestone (blue and cream colour) […]
Antefix fix
The final decorative antefix tiles have been made by John and added to the roof of the Roman building by Terry. They have two forms, the popular Medusa head (this […]
Roman stone roof
The first layers of stone tiles are added to the Roman porch. They are real ones salvaged from the excavation of a Roman villa in Somerset.
Roman refurbishment
Both ends of the Roman building have had work done recently. The furnace end has been completely re-limewashed and the fake ashlar block stonework redone with a mixture of red […]
How to fix an antefix
‘Double Dolphin’ and ‘Medusa’ – not Roman craft beers but designs of decorative antefix tiles which go on the ends of a tile roof. In Roman times they would have […]
Limewash strikes back
Following the successful de-pinking of the gable end of the Roman building it received a new coat of limewash to make it sparking white again. The Saxon longhall gable end […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 