First Beowulf reading
At the weekend we had the first telling of the tale of Beowulf in the longhall. The audience was the MAYAN young archaeologist group who also had an art trail […]
Category Archives: Saxon
Progress towards the sunlit uplands
Another week of progress, with the Welcome Hut, the mosaic floor, various carvings and the mural in the longhall. Another of the 8 panels was completed in the latter, showing […]
Vikings arriving
WARNING: The images below contain scenes of nudity, arson, violence, demons at work and sheep. The Vikings have begun to appear from the mists of time in the mural in […]
Viking IKEA
Several more items of furniture have now been made from the Viking Age IKEA catalogue, to complement the Oseberg ship burial bed in the back room of the longhall. A […]
The long view
Work continues on our two long term projects, the Roman mosaic floor and the Saxon mural. The guilloche border has snaked itself around more than half the room and part […]
Bedroom, boat and borders
The bedroom in the longhall is looking good with its new red ochre stripes and plans are afoot for a few items of Viking furniture to go in the room. […]
Stripey bedroom
As the back room of the Saxon longhall has now been turned into a bedroom by the addition of the Oseberg inspired bed, it was decided to add a bit […]
Saxon mural
The mural of Alfred and the Vikings on the longhall wall is coming along nicely too. If you live in Somerset, see if you can find your location on the […]
Oseberg/Gokstad bed replica
A replica has been made of a bed based on the evidence from the Oseberg and Gokstad ship burials in Norway for the back room in the Saxon longhall. Why […]
Busy, busy, busy
Lots has been going on over the last few weeks, finishing the rammed earth floor in the longhall backroom, making the last joints in the Viking bed, steadily progressing with […]
Avalon Archaeology 'Hands on Heritage' 