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Category Archives: Saxon

Limewash strikes back

September 27, 2020by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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Roman, Saxon, Villa

Carved beasts

September 24, 2020by richardbrunningswht

An infestation of carved beasts has crept into the longhall. The efforts of the volunteers carving team are to blame. Wicked.

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Saxon

Summer meltdown

August 17, 2020by richardbrunningswht

In the second week since returning from lockdown, seering temperatures made life difficult but lots was achieved. A Saxon tent, hundreds of tesserae, fixing the antefixes, carvings, weed destruction and […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized, Villa

Wonderful volunteers

June 5, 2020by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

As its National Volunteer Week here in the UK, here is a slideshow of the wonderful Hands on Heritage and Lost Island Detective volunteers in action. Nothing would have been […]

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Beckery, Burtle Priory, excavation, Experimental Archaeology, Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized, Villa

Viking lockdown

April 2, 2020by richardbrunningswht 3 Comments

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 […]

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Roundhouse, Saxon, Uncategorized

Carvings

March 17, 2020by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

The carving club just finished their work and gave them a first oiling before the virus lockdown began.

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Saxon, Uncategorized

Carving club

February 7, 2020by richardbrunningswht

The volunteer carving club continues to produce beautiful carvings for the longhall. Several being worked on at the moment are based on designs form illustrated Anglo-Saxon manuscripts.

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Saxon, Uncategorized

Beasts for the longhall

January 28, 2020by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

Some more beastly carvings for the longhall have been created by Mike, Kath and Neil, based on some of the inhabitants of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts.

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Saxon, Uncategorized

Christmas celebration

December 19, 2019by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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Roundhouse, Saxon, Uncategorized

Floored

December 19, 2019by richardbrunningswht

The final top dressing of the earth floor has been laid in the main room of the longhall. Its now a lot easier to clean than before. We are experimenting […]

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Saxon, Uncategorized

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