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 […]
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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 […]
Sunset at Burrow Mump
A recent sunset at the Mump.
How to close a hypocaust flue
The experimental hypocaust had problems with strong wind blowing down the exit flues. Metal plates have been made to act as baffles and can also be used to close a […]
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 […]
Happy Christmas!
Christmas was party time in the Saxon longhall, celebrating another great year of achievement by the volunteers.
Mysteries of the Iron Age dead revealed
A new study of 130 Iron Age bodies from 5 sites in Somerset has been undertaken by Cardiff University, revealing the mysterious ways in which human remains were treated. It […]
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 […]
Iron Age woman from the Sowy River
A local dog walker found a human skull in the Sowy River in 2017 and the Police dated the remains to the middle Iron Age. Further work by SWHT has […]
How to plaster a Roman ceiling
In the Roman dining room the ceiling of the ante room is prepped for decoration. A four step process: hold straw against the ceiling planks using laths nailed on about […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 