Saxon furniture
A busy week saw lots of progress with furniture for the Saxon hall. The Viking style chairs are almost finished, the benches were having their final touches done by Marian […]
Category Archives: Saxon
Steam and hinge success for doors
The latest steam bending experiment worked very well – steaming a piece of cherry in a pipe and using an array of clamps to hold it in shape in a […]
How to steam a door frame
This week some experimental wood steaming took place, using a Viking method for steaming ship planks. We were trying to form part of a curving door frame to replicate the […]
A new cross to bear
Mike has done a superb job of carving a portable cross for the Saxon longhall, based on designs from Anglo-Saxon stone cross fragments in Somerset. It will sit proudly on […]
Fantastic volunteers!
Visitors to the reconstruction buildings are rightly amazed about what the volunteers have achieved. This week there were teams mass producing benches for the longhall, carving decorative chairs for the […]
Saxon seating
The first bench for the Saxon longhall has been completed. Just so visiting Vikings don’t feel left out, the first of our Osberg inspired chairs has also almost been finished.
How to keep Vikings out
Owners of saxon lonhgouses sometimes have to keep troublesome Vikings at bay. Doors are a weak point, so our second door in the longhouse is being made Viking proof. It […]
Swallows
As fresco work continued in the Roman building and furniture was being made in the longhall, the swallows nesting in the longhall roof have fledged and are now flying happily […]
Fresco detail
Work on the frescos continues, with a palm tree theme to one column and the awkward space in the corner filled by a theatre mask – reminds me of someone. […]
Monsters!
A monstrous invasion of the Saxon longhall has taken place. First a writhing dragon appeared nailed onto one of the main posts and then the arm of a ferocious fiend […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 