Vikings, peasants, wattle and guilloche
Between the site tours, work continues by the volunteers every week, adding more details to the site. Vikings and peasants have arrived on the mural in the longhall, fresh wattlework […]
Category Archives: Roundhouse
Coppicing for roundhouse
Pre Christmas activity included a trip to the lovely woods at Shipham, managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. SWT’s Chris Eyles was kindly helping us to gather coppice material to […]
Roundhouse renewal
Work has started on the renewal of the roundhouse after the destruction of the partly built mark1 version in the winter storms. The use of relatively small willow posts for […]
Now you see it, now you don’t
There once was a partly built replica Iron Age roundhouse. Then there was a storm, or two, and the roundhouse vanished, leaving just a doorway to nowhere (which is also […]
Vandals storm to attack
The Avalon Archaeology Park has suffered a dreadful attack by two vandals who can only be named as Eunice and Franklin, due to their young age (a few days old). […]
Viking lockdown
Due to fears of an imminent attack by the fierce Viking leader Covid and his 19 beserkers, the longhall has gone into a state of ‘Saxon lockdown’, with shutters barricaded […]
Roundhouse going higher
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 […]
Higher and higher
The roundhouse wall is nearing completion. Next will be some experimentation with novel ways of thatching with reed.
Roundhouse remodelled
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 […]
Christmas celebration
Many thanks to everyone who turned out for the Xmas do for 2019. We just managed to fit in the longhall. Lots of things have been achieved over the last […]
Avalon Archaeology 'Hands on Heritage' 