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Category Archives: Saxon

Golden Gospel Arch complete

April 26, 2022by richardbrunningswht

Mike has finished his final carving to complete the arch formed by the larger upright posts in the longhall. The beastly images are based on marginal details from an early […]

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Saxon

Roundhouse renewal

April 12, 2022by richardbrunningswht 2 Comments

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 […]

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Roundhouse, Saxon

Smartening up

March 18, 2022by richardbrunningswht 2 Comments

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 […]

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Roman, Saxon, Villa

Beastly stuff

March 8, 2022by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

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 […]

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Roman, Saxon, Viking

King Alfred’s Cakes

February 14, 2022by richardbrunningswht

Very appropriately, the fungus known as King Alfred’s Cakes (Daldinia concentrica) has been found on some decaying wood nar the longhall. Cheekily named after the monarch’s legendary absent minded cake […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Saxon

Speed painting award

February 11, 2022by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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Roman, Saxon, Villa

Gone to the dogs

January 27, 2022by richardbrunningswht

The Saxon longhall has gone to the dogs this week. The latest fantastic carving by Mike arrived and was installed on the main beam between the doorways. Like the carvings […]

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Medieval, Saxon

As seen on TV

January 6, 2022by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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Roman, Saxon, Viking, Villa

Borders in the news

November 26, 2021by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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Roman, Saxon, Villa

The skills of volunteers

November 18, 2021by richardbrunningswht

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.

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Roman, Saxon, Viking, Villa

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